by NAPP Executive | Feb 24, 2026 | News, Reports, Resources
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Consultation Paper: Modernising Referral Pathways.  NAPP makes the following recommendations and observations:  Improving fee transparency NAPP supports reforms that improve patients’ awareness of likely specialist...
by NAPP Executive | Feb 13, 2026 | News, Reports, Resources
Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division, Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing The National Association of Psychiatrists (NAPP) is concerned about the Australian Government’s decision to cease Medicare cheque payments under the Pay Doctor Via...
by NAPP Executive | Nov 21, 2025 | News, Reports, Resources
The RANZCP put out a statement on the NZ ban on puberty blockers. See below link. https://www.ranzcp.org/news-analysis/puberty-blocker-pause-could-harm-vulnerable-young-people-psychiatrists-say Our NAPP response. Unlike the National Association of Practising...
by NAPP Executive | Sep 14, 2025 | News, Reports, Resources
The Executive Summary is immediately below. More details of the statement can be found in our submission at the following link. Subject: Proposal for Inclusion of a New NSQHS Standard on Psychological Safety, Trauma-Informed Care, and Protection of Clinician Wellbeing...
by NAPP Support | Jul 16, 2020 | News, Reports
This paper is an update of the paper Children and young people seeking and obtaining treatment for gender dysphoria in Australia: Trends by state over time (2014-2019) (Kenny, 2019) presented to the Forum at the NSW Parliament in 2019 covering the years 2014-2018....
by NAPP Support | May 3, 2018 | Media Release, Reports
KPMG Report “Investing to Save – The Economic Benefits for Australia of Investment in Mental Health Reform” presents a major contribution towards that vision. It shows how we can, with the right targeted investments, improve the mental health of our...