In 2010, ANZCA had no Indigenous Health Committee (IHC). We weren’t involved with mentoring. We weren’t collecting data on Aboriginal, Torres Strait or Māori fellows or trainees. And we had one Indigenous anaesthetist in Australia.

We're committed to improving education and training capacity in anaesthesia and pain medicine in response to the needs expressed by low- and middle-income countries.

Your membership entitles you to copies of popular inhouse publications including Australasian Anaesthesia (the Blue Book), Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence, the quarterly ANZCA Bulletin.

We’re proud to be a leader in patient safety. We provide safety alerts, guidelines, advice and information to doctors, decision-makers and the community to ensure patients have access to the safest and most advanced care in the world.

We're responsible for setting the standards of clinical practice for anaesthesia and pain medicine in Australia and New Zealand. Our activities include issuing safety alerts; developing professional documents; and overseeing incident reporting.

The ANZCA Strategic Plan 2023-2025 guides our college-wide business activity. It's the result of comprehensive consultation and engagement within the ANZCA community and beyond. 

We're your voice in the community. We work closely with governments, peak health agencies, and the community to provide advice on clinical practice and advocate for the issues that matter to you, including patient care, clinical standards and doctors’ welfare.

Access a wide range of resources related to airway management through the ANZCA Library.

From formal submissions to social media campaigns, we leverage our professional reputation and relationships to advocate on issues affecting our specialties; our members; and the patients under their care.

Helping more Indigenous doctors to train as anaesthetists and pain specialists is one of the key ways we can address wider inequities. This doesn't just mean recruiting, retaining, and supporting Indigenous health practitioners, but also helping to create culturally safe and r...