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The News and Media section of the website provides the latest information on activities within the College, and the clinical radiology and radiation oncology professions.

Clinical Radiology
22 August 2017

Patient Health Costs Rise as Coalition Breaks Another Promise

Health Minister Greg Hunt’s failure to deliver on the Coalition’s promise to index patient rebates for radiology is costing patients dearly, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) said today....
Clinical Radiology
21 August 2017

RANZCR MRI Senate Inquiry

  The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) welcomes the Senate Inquiry into the availability and accessibility of diagnostic equipment in Australia.   Click here to read full Media...
Clinical Radiology
15 August 2017

Newly formed Clinical Radiology Training Accreditation Working Group seeking members

The Clinical Radiology Training Accreditation Working Group (CRTAWG) is a newly formed College working group reporting to the Clinical Radiology Education and Training Committee and is responsible for the monitor and make...
Radiation Oncology
14 August 2017

Our FRO Senior Executive Officer - FINALIST in the Australian Leadership Excellence Awards!

The Australian Leadership Excellence Awards (ALEAs) is Australia’s peak awards ceremony recognising and celebrating Australia’s most outstanding leaders and we are delighted to announce that our very own Senior Executive...
Clinical Radiology
07 August 2017

Four new RANZCR Position Papers available for members viewing

The College has recently released four new position papers that have been submitted to the MBS Review.   Please view the Multiple Services Rules Position Paper here Please view the Quality of Referrals Position Paper...
Clinical Radiology
28 July 2017

RANZCR Statement on Gadolinium Retention

Members of the College have been meeting with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to review recent publications about the retention of gadolinium in the brain, and less conspicuously in other body regions, of patients...
Clinical Radiology
25 July 2017

RANZCR Inaugural Interventional Radiology Survey

The College is currently seeking information regarding the nature and extent of interventions being performed in Australia and New Zealand. A survey was developed by the Interventional Radiology Committee and was sent to...
Clinical Radiology
25 July 2017

Two new RANZCR Submissions available for members viewing

The College has recently released two new submissions to the MBS Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee.   Please view the RANZCR Submission to the MBS Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee Report on Knee Imaging...
Clinical Radiology Radiation Oncology
20 July 2017

Trainees Committee Nominations for 2018 - Closing Soon

The call for nominations for trainees to join the Clinical Radiology Trainees Committee (CRTC) and the Radiation Oncology Trainees Committee (ROTC) will be closing on Monday 24 July 2017 at 4:00pm AEST.   Trainees are...
Clinical Radiology
26 June 2017

Radiology Training in South Australia

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) is concerned about reports that outpatient radiology services at the Royal Adelaide Hospital will be privatised. RANZCR CEO, Ms Natalia Vukolova, said,...