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RACP Fellows honoured for outstanding contributions to medicine

Date published
27 Mar 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 | australia | Aotearoa New Zealand

Do I still need CPD if I don’t see patients?

Date published
24 Mar 2026
Description
Not seeing patients? CPD still applies. If you use medical expertise, you are practising and much of your existing work may already meet requirements. Read more.

Tags: CPD | australia | Aotearoa New Zealand | Feature | featured

Physician associates in Aotearoa New Zealand: advocating for your profession

Date published
23 Mar 2026
Description
When the Aotearoa New Zealand Government moved to regulate physician associates last year, we acted quickly. Our message was clear, introducing a new, unproven role is not the solution to a healthcare system already under pressure. Instead, the priority should be investing in and growing the existing, highly trained and regulated workforce you’re part of.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | featured | Aotearoa New Zealand

New insights into Medical Training Across Aotearoa New Zealand

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: CPD | Feature | australia | Aotearoa New Zealand

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.

Tags: Aotearoa New Zealand

RACP submission to Health Committee on the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill

Date published
21 Oct 2025
Description
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Policy and Advocacy team and Māori Health Committee made a submission to the Health Select Committee on the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | Aotearoa New Zealand

Aotearoa's Smokefree ambition at risk

Date published
02 Jun 2025
Description
“A few years ago, Aotearoa New Zealand’s approach was world-leading. Now, government policy is setting new generations up for smoking addiction and life-threatening health issues,” says Dr Hamish McCay, Aotearoa New Zealand President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Tags: Policy and advocacy | Aotearoa New Zealand

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