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 statement is offered as guidance to physicians and policymakers on the issues associated with voluntary assisted dying.
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Tas, Australia
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The RACP submission offers general support for the strategic focus on integrated care and prevention and calls for further investment in the Alcohol and Drug sector in Tasmania.
Topic
Child health and young adult medicine
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In this submission the RACP outlines important measures and improvements for a national strategic approach to appropriate and comprehensive maternity services in Australia.
Topic
Child health and young adult medicine
Description
Stillbirth is a tragic complication of pregnancy which often remains poorly understood within the health profession and the wider community. In this submission the RACP outlines important measures to help minimise stillbirths, as well as better manage those that occur.
Description
This submission was developed to provide feedback on the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s draft guidance document for the new Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2018 (2018 Code). It outlines support for the 2018 Code, and provides feedback on the guidance document, outlined within.
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RACP submission to the Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the My Health Record (MHR) system.
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This submission is provided to the Commonwealth Department of Health’s consultation to inform the development of the next iteration of the National tobacco strategy, which expires at the end of 2018.
Topic
Child health and young adult medicine
Description
The RACP strongly supports the Ministry of Health providing a clear directive as to the need for national consistency in the implementation of the SNOMED-CT subsets.
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In 2012, in New South Wales, amendments relating to organ and tissue donation were made to the Human Tissue Act 1983 (NSW) including the need for review of the Act after 5 years to determine whether the amendments have been effective in increasing donation in NSW.
This submission presents the RACP’s feedback on the NSW Health’s discussion paper Statutory Review of the Human Tissue Act to inform this process.
Description
The RACP provided a submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The submission outlined the RACP’s support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart and provided the joint Statement of Support for the Uluru statement, developed by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and signed by the RACP
