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 supports Stroke Clot retrieval using the technologies identified in the Action Plan (stroke clot retrieval with intravenous (IV) alteplase thrombolysis, computed tomography (CT) imaging, CT angiography and CT perfusion).
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This Arms Amendment Bill will prohibit the public use of military style semi-automatic firearms (MSSAs, introducing amendments to repeal references to military style semi-automatic weapons and restricting licences for specific purposes as listed in the Bill. RACP supports the Bill in its entirety.
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The RACP welcomes and supports this latest iteration of the NZMA’s Code of Ethics and believe many of the changes improve the document particularly the introduction of reference to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) and the inclusion of the World Medical Association’s amended Declaration of Geneva as Appendix to the Code.
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The RACP believes it is essential for New Zealand to have robust data and evidence and supports a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of actions to reduce the risk of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in New Zealand with antimicrobial prescribing in both hospital and community settings.
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The RACP generally supports of the Therapeutic Products (TP) Bill, which when implemented will replace the Medicines Act 1981. We recognises that the health care landscape, TP research and development sector has undergone enormous change in the time since the Medicines Act was passed. The need for this legislation is increasingly underscored as health and other sectors grapple with new research and development, and rapid technological change including artificial intelligence, machine learning and precision medicine.
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Child health and young adult medicine
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This position statement highlights policy priorities that are vital to improving early childhood development in Australia and New Zealand. It can assist policymakers and health professionals working with children and families with the development of local and national policies, programmes and interventions that focus on early child development to protect and promote healthy life-course trajectories.
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Election-related health advocacy
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As part of its 2019 Australian election campaign, the College has developed the Australian Government Election Statement 2019. The Statement sets out key recommendations for futureproofing the Australian healthcare system, organised into the three priority areas of sustainability, prevention and equity. The recommendations included in the Statement form a virtuous circle: they work to reinforce each other and amplify the overall benefits to the healthcare system and the community.
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Child health and young adult medicine
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This RACP submission commends the draft National Action Plan for its strong theme throughout the document of equity of outcomes for all children. Actions taken on child health are cumulative, and the National Action Plan should reflect a longer-term commitment to reducing inequities.
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NSW, Australia
Topic
Election-related health advocacy
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The RACP’s NSW/ACT Regional Committee’s 2019 election statement identifies four policy priorities for the incoming government, with recommendations for action: physician wellbeing and workplace culture; the spike in accelerated silicosis; minimising harms of drug and alcohol consumption; and high-value care.
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This College submission was developed by the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) Policy & Advocacy Committee (PAC), in consultation with the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) PAC. It provides feedback and recommendations to the Productivity Commission’s draft report into Compensation and Rehabilitation for Veterans on ways to improve the current veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation system so that it works better in the interest of veterans, their families and the Australian community more broadly.
