Prof docs monthly update: March 2026

Your monthly digest of professional document developments.

Overview

In total, there are 51 ANZCA and eight FPM professional documents. Of these, four ANZCA and six FPM documents are currently either in development, under review, out for stakeholder consultation, being piloted or under post pilot review.

Under development/review*

This section has existing versions hyperlinked. PM = Pain Medicine

(PM) Scope of clinical practice for specialist pain medicine physicians (under development)
(PM) Statement on provision of pain medicine care to children and adolescents (under development)
(PM) Statement on multidisciplinary pain services (under development)
(PM) Statement on spinal cord stimulators (under development)
PG21 Guideline on safe practices for central venous line insertion, maintenance and removal (under development)
PS60 Statement on the role of non-medical health care professionals in anaesthesia, pain and perioperative medicine-related roles (under development)
PS10(PM) Statement on "Medicinal Cannabis" with particular reference to its use in the management of patients with chronic non-cancer pain and PS10(PM) BP (under review)
PS12(PM) Position statement on the use of ketamine in the management of chronic non-cancer pain and PS12(PM) BP (under review)
PG31 Guideline on checking anaesthesia delivery systems 2014 and PG31BP (under review)
PS64 Position statement on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and pain medicine practice 2019 and PS64BP (under review)

*Please refer to CP24 Professional document process for further details on the internal review (IR) process.