Planned system outage: A number of IT systems will be temporarily unavailable on 7 March 2026 from 10am–6pm AEDT due to scheduled maintenance. 

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Planned library system outage: Access to library e-resources - including all e-books and e-journals - will be impacted by a system upgrade on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 from 8AM - 12PM AEDT / 10AM - 2PM NZDT.

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The college will be closed from 2pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 24 December 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026. We wish you a happy and safe festive period.

We're performing an essential upgrade on 24 May 6-9 AM AEST. During this time, email notifications will be impacted, including those required for statements, system alerts, and account recovery. 

Get involved in the prof doc process

There are a number of ways you can contribute to the review and development of professional documents, such as participating in a document development group (DDG) and providing feedback on documents in pilot. Getting involved offers a valuable opportunity to contribute to safety and quality of care for patients.

Seeking expressions of interest

The development and review of ANZCA professional documents is undertaken by a document development group (DDG) comprising fellows whose expertise and knowledge align with the relevant subject matter. Participation as a DDG member provides a valuable opportunity to contribute to the safety and quality of patient care. CPD claim entitlements are available to fellows for participation on DDGs.

We're starting to revise or develop the following prof docs. We welcome expressions of interest from fellows with particular interest, experience or expertise in these areas. 

ANZCAFPM

PS42 Position statement on staffing of accredited departments of anaesthesia 2017 and PS42BP

There are no current EOIs.

Under development/review*

We're currently revising or developing the following prof docs, and will be seeking feedback soon.

ANZCAFPM

PG21 Guideline on safe practices for central venous line insertion, maintenance and removal (under development).

(PM) Scope of clinical practice for specialist pain medicine physicians (under development).

PS60 Statement on the role of non-medical health care professionals in anaesthesia, pain and perioperative medicine-related roles (under development).

(PM) Statement on provision of pain medicine care to children and adolescents (under development).

PG03 Guideline for the management of major regional analgesia and PG03BP (under review).

(PM) Statement on multidisciplinary pain services (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).
(PM) Statement on spinal cord stimulators (under development).
PS12(PM)Position statement on the use of ketamine in the management of chronic non-cancer painand PS12(PM) BP (under review).

PG27 Guideline for major extracorporeal perfusion and PG27BP (under review).

PG31 Guideline on checking anaesthesia delivery systems and PG31BP (under review).

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

Internal stakeholder consultation*

The following prof docs are open to feedback by ANZCA national and regional committees and relevant external stakeholders.

ANZCAFPM

PS64 Position statement on environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and pain medicine practice 2019 and PS64BP (under review).


*Revised documents will be published on the ANZCA website when approved for PILOT.

Open for comment—feedback welcome

Pilot versions are "live" on the ANZCA website and are considered "operational" with the caveat that there may be changes to the final version following feedback. We encourage feedback on all professional documents during the pilot phase. If you have any comments or queries regarding professional documents please email us.

ANZCAFPM

There are no prof docs in pilot.

There are no prof docs in pilot.

Post-pilot review/Final versions pending

Documents under post-pilot review have completed the pilot period and are either undergoing feedback review or in the process of approval for the final version.

ANZCAFPM

There are no prof docs under post-pilot review.

There are no prof docs under post-pilot review.

Final version approved

We have recently approved the following new or updated prof docs.

ANZCAFPM

PS08 Position statement on the assistant for the anaesthetist and PS08BP.