RACS welcomed the opportunity to review and provide a submission on Consultation 2: Consultation Outcomes and Reform Directions for the Independent Review of Complexity in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.

RACS supports reforming the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) where it enhances patient safety and clinical standards and supports profession-led governance. Regulation must be designed for patient safety, not for efficiency. RACS will not support any changes to the NRAS system of regulation that compromises the public’s protection with respect to safe, competent and ethical care, and focuses instead on workforce at the system level. We believe regulation should always be patient safety focused and not be compromised at the expense of workforce flexibility, bureaucracy, or convenience in regulation systems.