Australia and New Zealand are now both seeing patients presenting with respiratory disease either suspected or known to be due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The College has been monitoring emerging literature relevant to our Radiolog...

RANZCR Education and Training Guidelines for Decision making related to COVID 19

College Position Statements Re-introduction of Interventional Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology services during COVID-19 Updated 18 May 2020Published 30 March 2020 This revised statement is designed to support hospitals and health servic...

The College’s highest priority is to ensure the health and safety of our members, staff and patients. Radiologists and radiation oncologists are a precious health resource and will be critical in fighting the epidemic and supporting the health syst...

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) fears that patients are not receiving essential and necessary imaging during the COVID-19 lockdown. Community radiology practices across New Zealand are reporting that a concerning...

New Zealand is focused on stopping the spread of COVID-19 and the District Health Boards (DHB) have been focused on preparing for the care of large numbers of COVID-19 patients. This has meant deferring care deemed not urgent.New Zealand is focused o...

RANZCR supports research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other advanced medical imaging technologies to assist in the clinical care of patients with COVID-19. However, RANZCR does not recommend the use of CT imaging to screen for or diagnose CO...

The College has formed a COVID-19 College Taskforce whose role  is to coordinate a whole-of-College response to the COVID-19 outbreak that effectively mitigates the risk to you, your patients, the College, and College staff. The Taskforce aims t...

Members will be well aware of the ongoing global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The College has formed a COVID-19 College Taskforce whose role is to coordinate a whole-of-College response to the COVID-19 outbreak that effecti...

RANZCR recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant economic impact across Australia and New Zealand, and consequently some members are experiencing circumstances that may affect their ability to pay their RANZCR membership fees. RANZC...