Member consultations

Current open consultations

With your input, we can deliver RACP health policy priorities

Through policy and advocacy consultations, members bring specialty expertise and experiences to inform strong positions and clear actions.  

If you need assistance or have any queries, contact policy@racp.edu.au


Current Policy & Advocacy consultations


Member feedback: Draft Australian Guideline for the Identification and Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

letter-president@2x  Feedback deadline | Friday, 20 June 2025

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) are seeking RACP member feedback on the draft Australian Guideline for the Identification and Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents. Please review the draft documents linked in the consultation form and provide your feedback in the relevant sections of the consultation form.

Submit your feedback 

Learn more about the guideline

In Australia, there is currently no unified Guideline for the identification and management of hypertension for children and adolescents less than 18 years of age. The drafted Guideline aims to address this gap by providing a unified and practical Guideline for the identification and management of hypertension in children and adolescents.


Feedback sought on the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and its Faculty of Pain Management’s (FPM) revised professional document PS45 Position Statement on patients’ rights to pain management and associated responsibilities and its accompanying background paper

letter-president@2x  Feedback deadline | Monday, 23 June 2025

Members are asked to provide feedback on the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and its Faculty of Pain Management’s (FPM) revised professional document, Rights to Pain Management, and associated responsibilities and its accompanying background paper, Pain Rights and Responsibilities Background Paper

Submit your feedback 

Learn more about the document

The purpose of this work is to articulate ANZCA's commitment to realising human rights to health including pain management and to clarify clinician responsibilities in relation to pain management that flow from these rights.


If you have any queries, please contact Claire Celia, RACP Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer via RACPConsult@racp.edu.au.    


Feedback sought regarding the Australian Medical Council’s review of the Standards for Specialist Medical Programs: consultation on the scope and direction for change 

letter-president@2x  Feedback deadline |10am, Monday 23 June 2025

Members are asked to provide feedback on the Australian Medical Council’s (AMC) comprehensive review of the Specialist Medical Programs Standards.


Based on environmental scanning and stakeholder feedback to date, the AMC has developed a consultation paper outlining the proposed scope of the review and direction for change, along with the major drivers shaping the review.  


Please review the Consultation Paper provided by the AMC prior to providing your feedback. The RACP will use anonymised feedback to develop a response to the AMC. 

Submit your feedback 

Learn more about the document

The review aims to update and refine the standards that are used to accredit and monitor specialist medical colleges, ensuring the standards remain relevant while considering related national work in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.  

Further information about the Standards Review can be accessed on the AMC website


If you have any queries, please contact Libby Newton, RACP Manager, Education Policy, Research and Evaluation via amc@racp.edu.au.  



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