Clinical guidelines & publications library

NSW Branch Pre-Budget Submission 2025-2026

Workforce

RANZCP NSW Branch submission 'Prioritising the next generation' to NSW government state budget 2025-2026. PDF Submission

Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill

Māori

RANZCP Tu Te Akaaka Roa Submission to Pāremata Aotearoa │New Zealand Parliament regarding the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill PDF Submission

Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill

Children & adolescents

RANZCP Tu Te Akaaka Roa Submission to Pāremata Aotearoa │New Zealand Parliament regarding the Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill PDF Submission

Tu Te Akaaka Roa Mental Health Bill Submission

RANZCP Tu Te Akaaka Roa Submission to Pāremata Aotearoa │New Zealand Parliament regarding the Mental Health Bill PDF Submission

NZ Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry - Mental Health Bill – Part 4

Mental health legislation

RANZCP NZ Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry Submission to Pāremata Aotearoa │New Zealand Parliament regarding the Mental Health Bill – Part 4 PDF Submission

Public Consultation on a Topic for a Long-term Insights Briefing - Unlocking Active Aging

Old age

RANZCP NZ Letter Submission to Manatū Hauora│Ministry of Health regarding the Public Consultation on a Topic for a Long-term Insights Briefing - Unlocking Active Aging PDF Submission

2024 NZ locums survey report

Workforce

The purpose of the survey was to gain an understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand-based psychiatrists choosing to work in locum positions and capacity for supervision. PDF Report

2024 NZ private practice survey report

Private practice, Workforce

The purpose of the survey was to better understand the drivers behind psychiatrists exiting the public mental health system to work in private practice as well as the factors that might influence them to return or to remain in private practice. PDF Report

Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill

RANZCP Tu Te Akaaka Roa Submission to Pāremata Aotearoa│New Zealand Parliament regarding the Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill

Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025-2029

Mental health legislation, Suicide

RANZCP Tu Te Akaaaka Roa Submission to Manatū Hauora│Ministry of Health regarding the Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025-2029 PDF Submission

Mood Disorders Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Evidence Review

Mood disorders, Psychotherapy

Prepared by the Anna Freud Centre UK. A mixed-methods review of current evidence and interview study of long-term
psychodynamic psychotherapy as a treatment for mood disorders. PDF Report

Valproate in healthcare

Professionalism

The RANZCP has endorsed the following resource produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the United Kingdom. URL Clinical guideline

Prescription Supply Limits Consultation

RANZCP NZ Letter Submission to Manatū Hauora│Ministry of Health regarding the
Prescription Supply Limits Consultation PDF Submission

Draft Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28.

Addiction

RANZCP NZ Letter Submission to Manatū Hauora│Ministry of Health regrading the Draft Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28 PDF Submission

The Psychiatry Workforce Training Pipeline in Aotearoa New Zealand

Professionalism, Workforce

This report provides and overview of the psychiatry workforce composition and sustainability of the training pipeline. Completed in collaboration with Te Whatu Ora │Health New Zealand

Public Safety and Serious Offenders: A Review of Preventive Detention and Post Sentence Orders

Addressing health inequity, Culturally safe practice, Professionalism

RANZCP NZ Submission to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | New Zealand Law Commission regarding the Public Safety and Serious Offenders: A Review of Preventive Detention and Post Sentence Orders

Proposal to Remove the Renewal Criteria for Stimulant Treatments

ADHD, Professionalism

RANZCP NZ Submission to Pharmac regarding the Proposal to Remove the Renewal Criteria for Stimulant Treatments

Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive: A Guide for Health Practitioners

GPs and psychiatrists, Professionalism

RANZCP NZ Submission to NZ Transport Agency│Waka Kotahi regarding the Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive: A Guide for Health Practitioners

Proposal to Fund Lisdexamfetamine for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHD

RANZCP NZ Submission to Pharmac regarding the Proposal to Fund Lisdexamfetamine for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Review of End of Life Choice Act 2019

Ethics, Mental health legislation, Professionalism

RANZCP NZ Submission to Manatū Hauora│Ministry of Health regarding the Review of End of Life Choice Act 2019