Policy and Advocacy Library
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The Doctors’ Health Alliance developed a draft national Doctors’ Health and Wellbeing Curriculum to strengthen the wellbeing of doctors and medical students across Australia. The RACP provided feedback advising the draft Curriculum was viewed as relevant, positive and well-aligned with the RACP’s training and wellbeing priorities. In addition, several gaps and areas were identified that for address and expansion.
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The College supports the MBA’s proposed reforms to the Recency of Practice Registration Standard and recommends practical improvements to reflect modern physician practice. It calls for clearer guidance across the career continuum, a broad definition of practice including clinical care, teaching, research, leadership and policy, and protections for physicians and trainees facing barriers, extended leave or career transitions, with support for safe return to practice.
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SA, Australia
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Election-related health advocacy
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The RACP and its South Australian Committee are committed to working with the incoming South Australian government to enable physicians and trainees to meet the community’s health needs, both today and tomorrow.
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RACP has a broad range of concerns including the need to change the professional title, safeguard medical training, introduce mandatory cultural safety training and equity monitoring and ensuring PAs have a narrow, prescriptive scope of practice.
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The RACP provided feedback on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s (ACSQHC) ‘Essential elements for safe and high-quality paediatric end-of-life care’ National Consensus Statement, as we recognise the importance of this work and were pleased to contribute to the review process.
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The Chair of the RACP SA Committee was invited to comment on the consultation regarding mental health beds at the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital project in Adelaide. The RACP response conveyed perspectives from senior RACP Fellows and emphasised their own direct submissions to the process.
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Our 2026 Pre-Budget Submission to the Australian Treasury outlines targeted, evidence-based measures that require Federal Government funding to strengthen the physician and trainee workforce, improve training opportunities and reduce daily practice challenges. Our submission is designed to deliver measurable benefits for communities while supporting the Federal Government’s broader reform and fiscal objectives.
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We welcome the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand governments’ commitment to protect children/tamariki and young people/rangatahi online. We urge stronger platform accountability and a public health approach to ensure safer social media access for all.
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This RACP submission notes our strong support of the Australian Government’s Thriving Kids initiative as a timely and strategic reform to advance the health, development, and wellbeing of all Australian children. Whilst also providing advice for principles to guide the development of the initiative, noting the role the RACP can play, and highlighting existing RACP work, the submission discusses important and key considerations related to the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference.
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Occupational and environmental health
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This RACP feedback, led by AFOEM, together with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) provides comments on the 12-month review of the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR). The NORDR was established in May 2024 and collects data on silicosis (mandatory reporting for occupational and environmental medicine physicians and respiratory medicine physicians). The feedback highlights how the NORDR could play a larger role in the prevention of occupational respiratory diseases, describing the solutions, and ways physicians can be further engaged.
