Policy and Advocacy Library
The Policy and Advocacy Library is the culmination of the collaborative work of RACP members and comprises a comprehensive range of evidence-based, published RACP position statements, policies and submissions.
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The RACP strongly supports the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill and
commends the commitment it makes by placing Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te ao Māori, tikanga Māori and whānau-centred approaches to wellbeing at the forefront of its approach.
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The RACP supports the Medical Council’s proposed Naming Policy and suggests some minor clarifications to improve readability.
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The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Model of Chronic Care Management (MCCM) (for multi-morbidities) is a way to provide complex multiple condition management through a central coordinating mechanism, integrating care. There are two pathways: from primary care or from secondary care, using a risk algorithm. Unlike some other models, this approach addresses a gap in care – for intermediate level patients for whom physician care is integral, along with general practitioners.
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All children should have the same opportunity to fulfill their potential. While data regarding the health and wellbeing of children in out-of-home care in Australia are limited, there is evidence that this demographic has poorer physical, mental and developmental health compared to their peers. This RACP submission to the Victorian Government discusses key solutions to these pressing issues.
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This submission addresses all terms of reference of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety including residential aged care facilities, palliative care, dementia, rehabilitation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services among others. We stress the need for timely risk assessment, more health literacy within the community on healthy ageing, early patient centered management of conditions in cross sector integrated approaches and to support reducing avoidable hospital admissions.
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This Submission to the National Dust Disease Taskforce details measures recommended be implemented across all jurisdictions and nationally to address the current epidemic of accelerated silicosis and identify and control other new or emerging occupationally acquired lung diseases.
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The RACP strongly supports the mandatory folic acid fortification of non-organic bread making flour, due to the conclusive evidence of its role in reducing the rate of Neural Tube Defects.
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The RACP welcomes the development of the Healthy Food and Drink Guidance, and the progress it represents towards improving health in children across Aotearoa New Zealand. However, we hope that it represents a more comprehensive policy approach to food environments, and that this will be extended outside the school in further tranches of policy in the future.
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The RACP provided a submission for feedback to the Joint Standing Committee (the Committee) on the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) inquiry on NDIS Planning. The RACP strongly supports the role the NDIS will have in supporting the health and access to health care of people living with disability.
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The RACP is broadly supportive of the Arms Legislation Bill, however, we have identified some areas of concern within the bill which may require further scrutiny before it becomes legislation.
