13 November 2018


Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 11 – 17 November

Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Awareness (PANDA) Week was established to increase awareness and reduce stigma of anxiety and depression amongst women, men and families during pregnancy and in the first year of parenthood.
 
The PANDA resource hub includes fact sheets, brochures, posters and other resources about perinatal anxiety and depression for health professionals and patients. A PANDA Week digital toolkit can also be downloaded from the PANDA website.
 
Visit the PANDA website for further information on perinatal anxiety and depression.

 

Expressions of interest for Australian Medical Council position

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is the accreditation authority for the medical profession, providing advice to the Medical Board of Australia on the accreditation of specialist medical programs and their providers.

The AMC is currently seeking expressions of interest for the role of Chair, Progress Reports Working Party.

Expressions of interest should be provided with current curriculum vitae by close of business 30 November 2018, and can be sent to specaccred@amc.org.au addressed to Ms Theanne Walters, Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

For more information contact Juliana Simon, Accreditation Policy Officer at the above email address or by phone at 02 62709752.


Media enquiries

Journalists and media outlets seeking comment and information from the RACGP should contact:

John Ronan

Senior Media Advisor