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New insights into Medical Training Across Aotearoa New Zealand: Survey results now available

Date published
04 Feb 2026
Description
The results of the Torohia Medical Training Survey for New Zealand are now available. Launched for the first time in 2025 by the Medical Council of New Zealand, the Torohia offers a new lens into the training journey of RACP trainees in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Tags: Aotearoa New Zealand | featured

Undertaking CPD as a private practitioner

Date published
02 Feb 2026
Description
CPD can feel harder in private practice, especially Categories 2 and 3. This guide breaks down simple, practical ways to meet your CPD requirements in 2026, with tips, examples, tools, and resources tailored for private practitioners.

Tags: featured | CPD

Secure your complimentary VIP ticket to the Digital Health Festival 2026

Date published
29 Jan 2026
Description
Step into the future of healthcare innovation at the Digital Health Festival 2026 (DHF26) on 20 to 21 May at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. This premier event brings together Australia’s leading health executives, clinicians, and policy makers, and provides a unique opportunity to shape the future of health technology.

RACP Fellows honoured for outstanding contributions to medicine

Date published
27 Jan 2026
Description
Congratulations to the 15 RACP Fellows recognised in the 2026 Australia Day and Aotearoa New Zealand New Year honour lists. These awards highlight the outstanding work RACP members do and the importance of that work in local, national and international communities.

Tags: featured

Set your 2026 CPD up right

Date published
13 Jan 2026
Description
Start your 2026 CPD year strong by completing your Professional Development Plan (PDP early. A PDP is a mandatory requirement that sets your learning goals, aligns activities, and ensures compliance with CPD standards.

Tags: CPD | featured

RACP shapes Ahpra’s approach to late-career doctors

Date published
19 Dec 2025
Description
The RACP consulted on the Medical Board of Australia’s proposal for mandatory health checks for late-career doctors in 2024. We cautioned against a blanket approach and put forward alternatives that balance patient safety with physician wellbeing.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured

Supporting children and young people

Date published
18 Dec 2025
Description
Children and young people may respond to traumatic events differently to adults. They may ask repeated or detailed questions, become more clingy, withdrawn, or irritable or show changes in sleep, appetite, or behaviour.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | paediatricians | Paediatrics | mental health | Wellbeing | featured

When it's time to review and reflect: CPD Category 2

Date published
12 Dec 2025
Description
What to know about CPD Category 2, your Annual Conversation, your PDP, and recording reflections in MyCPD.

Tags: CPD

2025 Medical Training Survey results now available

Date published
10 Dec 2025
Description
Fresh insights into medical training across Australia: Survey results now available.

Tags: featured

2025 SPDP Facilitators Recognition

Date published
04 Dec 2025
Description
On behalf of the SPDP team, we would like to thank all of our volunteer Fellows who have facilitated the SPDP workshops this year virtually, face-to-face and online.

Tags: featured

Puberty blocker prescribing in Aotearoa New Zealand statement

Date published
21 Nov 2025
Description
On 19 November 2025, Aotearoa New Zealand Health Minister, Hon Simeon Brown, announced that gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) will no longer be prescribed to new patients seeking treatment for gender dysphoria or incongruence.

Member consultation: Point of Care Testing Standard

Date published
20 Nov 2025
Description
Please provide your feedback on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) draft Point of Care Testing (POCT) Standard. The consultation offers an important opportunity to provide feedback based on your personal clinical experience of this emerging technology as it becomes more sophisticated and accessible.

Tags: Policy and advocacy

Acknowledging the success of the 2025 Paediatrics & Child Health Divisional Clinical Examination

Date published
19 Nov 2025
Description
The 2025 Paediatrics & Child Health (PCH) Divisional Clinical Examination (DCE) was successfully delivered in May-June, marking another year of exceptional collaboration, dedication, and support across our participating hospitals. This year, 28 hospitals hosted the PCH DCE, with a total of 226 candidates sitting the exam. The smooth delivery of the exams would not have been possible without the outstanding commitment and tireless work of the Local Examination Organisers (LEOs), Administrative Staff, and Regional Examiners, whose efforts ensured a professional and supportive experience for all candidates.

Acknowledging the success of the 2025 Adult Medicine Divisional Clinical Examination

Date published
19 Nov 2025
Description
The 2025 Adult Medicine (AM) Divisional Clinical Examination (DCE) was successfully delivered in June, marking another year of exceptional collaboration, dedication, and support across our participating hospitals.

Modernising assignment of benefit: delayed implementation to 1 July 2026

Date published
19 Nov 2025
Description
The Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 was passed by Parliament on 30 October 2025 and received Royal Assent on 4 November 2025. The Bill will delay commencement of new assignment of benefit processes for all Medicare bulk billed services from 9 January 2026 to commence from 1 July 2026, providing more time for medical providers and patients to prepare.

Upcoming changes to My Health Record: better and faster access

Date published
19 Nov 2025
Description
The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) will soon be implementing the next step in the Australian Government’s Share by Default Reforms, providing consumers with better and faster access to their pathology and diagnostic imaging reports in My Health Record.

Make the most of the rest of 2025 to finalise your CPD

Date published
04 Nov 2025
Description
With the 2025 CPD year ending soon, now’s the time to review your progress, log your activities, and submit your record. This guide outlines the key CPD requirements, new framework updates, and resources to help you meet your obligations with confidence.

Tags: CPD

Webinar: Managing Conflict, Addressing Incivility, and Promoting a Culture of Kindness in the Workplace

Date published
04 Nov 2025
Description
Join us for our upcoming webinar, Managing Conflict, Addressing Incivility, and Promoting a Culture of Kindness in the Workplace, on Wednesday, 10 December 2025 from 4pm to 5pm AEDT. This webinar explores key aspects of physician wellbeing and offers practical strategies for fostering healthier workplaces, supporting colleagues, and sustaining high-quality care.

Tags: Wellbeing

RACP response to the Queensland Child Safety Commission of Inquiry

Date published
21 Oct 2025
Description
We wrote to the Queensland Child Safety Commission of Inquiry, providing evidence and resources to support better health outcomes for children and young people.

Tags: Policy and advocacy

Feedback to ACSQHC National Model for Clinical Governance

Date published
21 Oct 2025
Description
In October we wrote to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) providing input to its revised National Model for Clinical Governance so that it better balances physicians’ interests, responsibilities and working configurations while reducing duplication and inefficient compliance processes.

Tags: Policy and advocacy

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