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Reports, submissions and outcomes

May

• 17 May 2013 : RACGP Overview of the Federal Budget 2013-2014 (Health and Ageing)
• 10 May 2013 : RACGP Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs: Inquiry into the care and management of younger and older Australians living with dementia and behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
• 10 May 2013 : RACGP pre-election statement

March

• 12 March 2013 : Health LEADS Australia – Consultation for an Australian Health Leadership Framework
• 4 March 2013 : Submission to Health Workforce Australia: Draft HWA Health Professionals Prescribing Pathway

February

• 5 February 2013 : RACGP Submission to the Minister for Health - Federal Budget 2013-2014

December

• 18 December 2012 : RACGP submission on the PSA's draft practice guidelines for the provision of immunisation in pharmacy
• 17 December 2012 : Submission to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan

November

• 14 November 2012 : PBS Review of Blood Glucose Test Strips
• 2 November 2012 : NHMRC consultation on: Assessing the direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing of your patient – a quick guide for general practitioners

October

• 5 October 2012 : RACGP Submission - National Primary Health Care Strategic Framework 2012
• 5 October 2012 : RACGP Submission - National Primary Health Care Strategic Framework 2012

August

• 29 August 2012 : RACGP National Rural Faculty Response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report
• 22 August 2012 : RACGP Submission: Mental Health Framework Consultation
• 20 August 2012 : RACGP response: Coroners Court of Victoria, Investigation into the death of David A Trengrove

May

• 29 May 2012 : Submission to Health Workforce Australia - Health Professionals Prescribing Pathway (HPPP) Project in Australia Consultation
• 9 May 2012 : Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing: Inquiry into dementia early diagnosis and intervention
• 9 May 2012 : National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Submission to Australian Human Rights Commission National Anti-Racism Partnership and Strategy
• 8 May 2012 : RACGP Overview of the Federal Budget 2012-13 (Health and Ageing)
• 4 May 2012 : RACGP Response: Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, Adolescents and Children: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Health Professionals

April

• 17 April 2012 : RACGP response: Konakion and Diazepam in the Emergency Drug Supply
• 13 April 2012 : RACGP Position Statement: Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR)
• 10 April 2012 : RACGP Submission to the Medical Board of Australia: Funding of external doctors’ health programs
• 2 April 2012 : RACGP Submission to the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia (“McKeon Review”)

March

• 15 March 2012 : RACGP response - Bladder cancer reporting protocol
• 1 March 2012 : National strategy on restraint and seclusion prevention in disability services’ as proposed by the Cross-Jurisdictional Reference Group

February

• 21 February 2012 : RACGP Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing -Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation
• 15 February 2012 : RACGP Submission to the NPS: Prescribing Competencies Framework Consultation
• 8 February 2012 : RACGP Submission to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care: Response to the Commission’s Consultation Paper on Australian Safety and Quality Goals for Health Care

January

• 25 January 2012 : Home Medicines Review (HMR) hospital referral pathway – consultation paper and invitation to discuss
• 21 January 2012 : Pre-Budget Submission - Federal Budget 2012-2013: Health and Mental Health and Ageing
• 18 January 2012 : Submission to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 and the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
• 6 January 2012 : Senate Inquiry provides opportunity to address health disparities between rural, remote and urban communities