Practice, Policy and Partnerships Committee

Reporting directly to the RANZCP Board, the Practice, Policy and Partnerships Committee (PPPC) is responsible for executing priorities in the College’s Strategic Plan as it relates to the practice and profession of psychiatry.

Responsibilities

The PPPC functions in two key areas: the practice and the profession. They are responsible for:

• professional practice and ethical standards
• clinical standards and evidence-based practice, including research activities
• clinical practice guidelines and professional practice guidelines
• position statements and clinical memoranda
• review of psychiatric treatments.

Membership

The PPPC comprises:

• A Board Director (chair)
• Deputy Chair, Practice and the Profession portfolio 
• Deputy Chair, Partnerships and Community portfolio 
• Chair, Committee for Professional Practice
• Chair, Committee for Research
• Chair, Committee for Therapeutic Interventions and Evidence-Based Practice
• Chair, Community Collaboration Committee
• Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Committee
• Chair, Te Kaunihera
• Carer representative 
• Consumer representative
• Representative, Overseas-Trained Psychiatrists’ Representative Committee
• Representative, Trainee Representative Committee

Meeting frequency

The PPPC typically meet twice a year.

The PPPC Executive (Chair and Deputy Chairs of the PPPC) typically meet fortnightly.

Constituent committees

• Committee for Research
• Committee for Evidence-Based Practice
• Committee for Professional Practice
• Community Collaboration Committee
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Committee
• Te Kaunihera.

Regulations

For a copy of the Committee Regulations, please contact governance@ranzcp.org.

Contact

policy@ranzcp.org