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RANZCR Annual Report 2019–2020

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2020 ANNUAL

REPORT

Achieving our Strategic Goals Summary of Activities and Progress (July 2019 – June 2020)


THE COLLEGE The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Our Vision To lead best practice in clinical radiology and radiation oncology for the benefit of our patients and communities.

Dr Lance Lawler

Our Purpose To drive the safe and appropriate use of radiology and radiation oncology to optimise health outcomes through leadership, education and advocacy.

The Values That Drive What We Do Commitment to Best Practice Exemplified through an evidence-based culture, a focus on patient outcomes and equity of access to high quality care, an attitude of compassion and empathy.

Acting with Integrity Exemplified through an ethical approach: doing what is right, not what is expedient; a forward thinking and collaborative attitude and a patient-centric focus.

Accountability

“Predictions are difficult, especially about the future”; Mark Twain’s oft quoted words have been our catchphrase at RANZCR this year. As part of any good governance framework an organisation regularly reviews their risk register and adjusts policies and funding to ensure that, where possible, significant risks are mitigated.

Exemplified through strong leadership that is accountable to members, patient engagement at professional and organisational levels.

Leadership Exemplified through a culture of leadership where we demonstrate outcomes.

Board of Directors

RANZCR is no exception. However, we did not have the risk ‘Global pandemic causing widespread morbidity and mortality leading to complete country lockdown and a closing of global functioning’. Dr Lance Lawler President

Dr Madhavi Chilkuri Dean, Faculty of Radiation Oncology

Dr Alan Coulthard Elected Fellow

Dr Yvonne Ho Elected Fellow

Dr Gabriel Lau Chair, New Zealand Branch

Prof Vin Massaro Non-Fellow

No one did.

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Dr Brigid Hickey Elected Fellow

Clinical A/Prof Sanjay Jenganathan Dean, Faculty of Clinical Radiology

Like many other organisations we went into crisis mode. We stripped away all absolutely non-essential functions and focused on supporting our members through the initial frightening stages, as we saw increasing community transmission, a disproportionate infection rate among healthcare workers and decimation of community radiology services. All very alarming.

I wish to formally acknowledge the work of our Covid Taskforce. Established as a bi-Faculty working group covering public and private practices, these members worked tirelessly through the issues, as we could best define them, to deliver accurate high-quality advice to our members. They were an invaluable resource for the board and helped with many of the difficult decisions that had to be made.

Medicare, our advocacy team has been hard at work. It became clear that we needed advocacy capability to underscore our work in the standards of practice arena, where there are often competing interests with loud voices and deep pockets. It is a hard and sometimes disheartening environment, and I want to lodge my appreciation and thanks to those who continually work away promoting RANZCR’s role.

As we moved from the immediate concerns regarding keeping our members, their workmates and patients safe, we had to face up to the difficult issue of exams. Training and education, assessment and credentialing are our primary roles.

Churchill said, “Never waste a good crisis”. This seems a logical forward step from the opening quote. This pandemic has forced us to think and act differently, and challenge ourselves to deliver on our purpose in innovative ways. Our Sydney and Wellington staff have had to learn to work from home, I have lost count of the number of Zoom meetings I have attended, and we have had to develop new ways of serving our members.

Our examination platform is the final hurdle to attaining FRANZCR, but how could we run our examinations in lockdown? We didn’t know how long this would last for, and that was before the second surge in Victoria. Reluctantly we had to cancel the first series of examinations in 2020 which was a very difficult decision. All RANZCR Fellows understand how stressful this time is for our trainees, but the physical welfare of our trainees, volunteers and staff had to come first. Thanks to almost herculean efforts from our educational and assessment teams, office bearers and member volunteers we were able to schedule exams for the second half of the year. This was a technically demanding exercise and required many hours of work to configure—and I tip my hat to those responsible. At the time of writing we are just into the exam round. I wish all candidates the very best. Of course, more has happened this last 12 months than Covid, although it is hard to imagine. This last year has seen fruit borne from our advocacy work, where we are increasingly recognised as the legitimate trusted source for medical imaging and radiation oncology advice. From the NZ Government’s decision to replace 12 linac machines and the development of a new cancer action plan, to indexation of CT, X-ray and ultrasound services under

I suspect we have only begun to scratch the surface of what can be done and the leverage we can get from developing technologies. Imagine, one day we may even have PACS systems for our radiology exams rather than old fashioned film, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves! All that remains is for me to offer a heartfelt thanks to all of our member volunteers. Your time and dedication allow us to achieve our goals, even when faced with almost insurmountable problems such as we have seen this year. I look forward to working with you all in 2021—whatever the circumstances.


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

MEMBER DEMOGRAPHICS

134 New Trainees

EVENT ATTENDANCE

4,611

Total Number of Members Specialty

156

25

New Fellows

90%

of respondents rated their interaction with the College

3,890

718

Clinical Radioloists

Radiation Oncologists

Type

773

satisfactory/highly satisfactory New Educational Affiliates

Students

123

3

3,593

Educational Affiliates

Associate Members

Fellows

Gender

RANZCR RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED

$88,236

$65,865

Clinical Radiology

Radiation Oncology

Location

1,436

JMIRO IMPACT FACTOR

Female

3,156

1.28

947

Male

(including 98 Life members)

ACT 94

TAS 11

NT 6

VIC 943

NSW 1,154

WA 373

QLD 744

NZ 674

SA 300

Overseas 249

MEMBER ENGAGEMENT SNAPSHOT THE COLLEGE ONLINE

MEDIA COVERAGE

College Social Media

The highest ever media coverage for the College, total audience reached:

3,746

4,612

3,415

followers on Twitter

likes on Facebook

followers on LinkedIn

Targeting Cancer Social Media

4,840 341,900 followers (19% increase from 2018/19)

RANZCR Website

183,610 users

447,435 951,587 page views

14,886,624 (a 176% increase from 2018–2019, previously the most successful year to date).

6,078 supporters on the page (4% increase from 2018/19)

Inside Radiology Website

140,153

940,219

109

pdf downloads, with the majority downloading the Explaining the costs of radiation therapy in Australia factsheet.

participated in Special Interest Groups and Reference Groups

1,708

sitting on our committees, panels and working groups

users

1,055,813 sessions

1,298,388 page views

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27

Network Training Directors

Network Training Directors

Branch Education Officers

Training Site Accreditation Assessors

(Clinical Radiology)

(Radiation Oncology)

(Clinical Radiology)

Directors of Training

delegates attended RO Foundations of Leadership 2019

43

30

delegates attended Smart Workshop 2020

delegates attended AVANT Leadership Workshops

A snapshot of some of the ways in which our members engaged with College activities in 2019/20

Contributing to our publications JMIRO

1

Editor in Chief

Inside News

2

Deputy Editors

41

Associate Editors

CT Colonography (CTC)

8

IMG Assessors

delegates attended ACR courses 2019

1

Editor in Chief

13

Contributors

CREDENTIALING As at 30 June 2020, there are:

6

189

44

Reviewers

sitting on the Board and Faculty Councils

11

187

266

Number supporting our training program

Targeting Cancer Website

users

1,043 42

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sessions

opportunities to see our tweets

members donating to our Education and Research Fund and the JP Trainor Archive Trust

89

delegates attended the combined 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting and NZ Branch Annual Scientific Meeting

161 RANZCR Examiners

335

registered CTC Specialists (including radiologists only)

Interventional Neuroradiology (INR)

52

recognised INR Specialists (including radiologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons)

Cardiac MRI

127

registered Cardiac MRI Specialists CT Coronary Angiography (CTCA)

621

registered CTCA Specialists Level A CTCA: 433 Level B CTCA: 188 (including radiologists, cardiologists and nuclear medicine specialists)


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Face-to-Face Meetings

Indexation Advocacy

There have been 11 face-to-face meetings with Ministers and Shadow Ministers in both Australia and New Zealand discussing a variety of issues including AI, MRI access, regional and rural cancer centres, silicosis, digital health, the impact of COVID-19 on service delivery, Australian Government election commitments, specialist training positions and linac investment with the New Zealand health minister. The COVID-19 pandemic period has proved challenging with video meetings being utilised instead of the usual face-toface meetings. Health ministers have been preoccupied with the COVID-19 response, however there were many fruitful meetings with their chiefs of staff and senior advisors.

The College was instrumental in the reintroduction of Medicare indexation for all CT, diagnostic radiology and ultrasound services after a 20 year freeze

Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence RANZCR became the first professional peak body to develop Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, ensuring Australia and New Zealand are positioned to become leading players in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care.

This covers some 90% of patient attendances to radiology departments and practices and is recognition of the value our members provide to the community.

SA Medical Imaging (SAMI) In a long overdue win for patients, the South Australian government announced that SA Medical Imaging (SAMI) will remain in public ownership as a single entity. This followed extensive advocacy from RANZCR that privatisation may impact the trainee numbers, quality and safety of access to medical imaging services.

COVID-19 College Taskforce Established COVID-19 College Taskforce on 9 March to coordinate a whole-of-College response to the pandemic, which included proactive advocacy to health ministers, chief health officers and chief medical officers on access to PPE, appropriate use of CT, breast screening, provision of interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology during COVID-19, radiology service provision, and continued patient access to radiology and radiation oncology. More than 655,000 people had the opportunity to see this advocacy in media stories and there were more than 20,000 visits to the College COVID-19 webpages.

New Zealand’s Health and Disability Review RANZCR provided comprehensive responses to New Zealand’s Health and Disability Review for both clinical radiology and radiation oncology.

Improved Access to Breast Imaging

Occupational Lung Disease

Recognition of the vital role diagnostic imaging plays in management of breast cancer with long-term Medicare advocacy resulting in indexation of mammography, removal of the multiple services restriction and the introduction of a new rebate for breast MRI.

Promotion of RANZCR’s Imaging of Occupational Lung Disease position statement resulted in more than 4 million opportunities to see our recommendation that CT scanning should be used for screening at-risk workers in mainstream and healthcare media.

New Zealand Government’s Cancer Action Plan RANZCR provided a comprehensive response to the New Zealand Government’s Cancer Action Plan.

Specialty Training Unit RANZCR worked through 2019 to prepare for the Australian Medical Council (AMC) re-accreditation visit in September 2019. A great deal of work has been undertaken since that date and the final report is imminent.

Radiation Oncology Equipment in New Zealand

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Played a significant role in securing multi-million-dollar investment in radiation oncology equipment in New Zealand. The Government committed to replace 12 linac machines across New Zealand.

CEO Ms Natalia Vukolova

ICT Transitioned 78 staff members to working from home arrangements in 8 days, leveraging the IT team’s preparedness for digitisation of the College with no loss in productivity. Withstood a 50 per cent increase in workload for the team over three months. The net result of the work of the IT team was a transition to a dispersed, paperless work environment with accompanying savings, which will stand the College in good stead for the future.


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

NEW FELLOWS

International Medical Graduates • IMG Assessor recruitment drive commenced in July 2019. • Training program commenced October 2019. • Pilot of IMG assessments via video conference commenced 2020. • Consumer representative appointed to IMG Committee in November 2019.

Specialist Training Program • Increased engagement with the Commonwealth Department of Health, five state jurisdictions and Ministers’ Offices relating to: funding changes impacting public, metropolitan sites within the program; and workforce matters across both specialties. • Transitioned the Director of Training Workshops to an interactive, online webinar format to ensure directors continue to be supported and upskilled in their roles.

Accreditation Increased engagement with all stakeholders associated with monitoring and implementing accreditation standards. This was demonstrated by: increased participation in accreditation visits; participation in key educational activities (both formal and informal teaching) and Network meetings; guidance of outcome of accreditation standards to support clinicians to interact in a more effective manner with executives of local health districts; and a formal education strategy developed for the NSW training networks, in consultation with the Health Education and Training Institute and Local Area Networks to be implemented in a Wide Area Network-based formal teaching program at the commencement of the 2021 clinical year.

Training and Assessment Reform

Clinical Radiology

• Successful management of the COVID-19 impact on the delivery of training programs and disruption to trainees’ experience, allowing flexibility in training through the Consideration of Special Circumstances Policy and principles and strategies set by Education and Training Committees.

NSW Ben Addison Ahmad Al-Hindawi Hesham Omar Ali Sally Ayesa Michael Chan Nicholas Chen Andrew Csillag Emily Davidson Kohilamulla Jayachandra Chung Mo Koo Merribel Kyaw Karthik Marripudi Ryan McConnell Aruna Morusupalli Foroogh Mousavi Candy Pather Mayuran Saththianathan Morgan Schulze Adam Seruga Shashank Sharma Liam Shun Mauro Cesar Silveira Moreira Drew Sullivan Sandeep Tiwari Andrew Van Den Heever Kim Williams Shayne Wilson Mitchell Yam Wenxiao Zhou

• Policies reviewed and updated included: - Recognition of Prior Learning Policy - Interrupted and Part-time Training Policy - Clinical Radiology Training Network Policy - RANZCR Fee Policy. • Dr Jash Agraval was appointed as the Inaugural Deputy Chief Censor for training and assessment. • A new Trainee Liaison Officer (TLO) commenced in March 2020 with the focus on trainee wellbeing. The TLO has led an initiative to reach out to all trainees through phone calls and emails, particularly during the pandemic period. This initiative is part of the Trainee Engagement Plan to keep the dialogue open between the College and all trainees to more easily identify issues and provide support as required, facilitated by more frequent communication.

The Year in Examinations

NT Mathew Carmichael

• Four new examination panels approved for Phase 2 examinations: - OSCER Examination Panel - Case Reporting Examination Panel - Pathology Examination Panel - Radiology MCQ Examination Panel. • The examiner Code of Conduct document was released. • The 2019 S2 examinations were run successfully and proof of concept of new examination systems was completed. • We worked with examinations panel and committees to develop options to run examiner clinical radiology and radiation oncology examinations during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Both TAR Steering Committees completed the draft enhanced training program at the end of September 2019. The Committees then set in motion a series of implementation activities including stakeholder consultation, policy review, drafting of training handbooks, development of training and educational modules, and development of IT infrastructure.

Training

QLD Mohamed Abdelatti Christopher Astill Damian Brauchli Alexander Chyi Aileen Cormican Matthew Devine Dhanya Gangadharan Glenna Gibson Michael Guest Priyadarshini Harish Deepak Jain Christopher Lawson Chen-i Lin Sherif Maccar

Shiwani Raghvendra Malghan Samuel Manikkam Ryan O’Dempsey Cara Odenthal Mahomed Osman Sanjay Patel David Preston Paul Schmidt Nikolas Stewart Humberto Tibau Adelaine Wong Samantha Worrall SA Neeraja Badam Bridgid Connolly Peter Eriksen Geethal Malalagama Daniel Miles Helen Moon Alex Pearce Travis Schmidt Gajan Surendra TAS Madiha Batool VIC Pankaj Bhan Renny Chew Alexander Davies Bibiche Gest Breege Gilmartin Charles Handley David Holcdorf Arohi Khairnar Elena Koleska Jong Dar Kuang Theodore Lau Jean Lee Philip Lewis Jourena Li Jeremy Lim Julian Maingard Sanaz Molaei Chia Wei Oh Julian Ong Marcela Pozo Mautone Akshay Rao

Mark Rassie Steel Scott Ranjit Singh Wei Che Tsai Stephanie Wang Julia Williams Samuel Wong Swee Leong Yap WA Mapa Rallage Bandara Keshav Gupta Jason Han James Hodgkinson Andrew Hohnen Anu John Rachael Manning Muthupalaniappaan Muthappan Jeremy Ong Manusha Ratnayake Fariha Sitheeque Walter Sprenger De Rover Joelin Teh Jonathan Waner NZ Cynthia Frances Benny Manikkuwadu De Silva Rohana Gillies Gracie Keown Acrane Li Andrew Li Andrew Lynch Sheida Mehrain Ajay Mehta Jian Ng Shady Osman Carole Paulus Robert Shao Yi Shen Abysinia Sibanda Gregory Tarr Yun - Jung Jack Tsai Sook Yee Yong Overseas Matthew Aitken Muhammad Bayat Miranda Harvie

Angeliki Karatasiou Susheel Kumar Peter Lymburner David Mitchell Parth Naik Sivasubramanian Srinivasan Lakma Tharindi Subasinghe Jyothirmayi Velaga

Radiation Oncology

ACT Kyung Yoon Jung

NSW Vindya Bandara Sarah Bergamin Monique Heinke Michelle Or Kirsten Van Gysen QLD Rachel Effeney Luke Nicholls Vivien Wing Yien Tse VIC Gerard Hanna Tristan Molden-Hauer Grace Ong Chia May Wong WA Hendrick Tan NZ Nur Azri Bin Haji Mohd Yasin Woo Keun Ji Overseas Ivy Ng Teng Hwee Tan


SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS AND SPONSORS

TREASURER’S REPORT Dr Brigid Hickey

College Donors The College is very grateful to the following Fellows and Members who have donated to the annual appeals for the Education Fund, the Research Fund and the JP Trainor Archive Trust. We also thank those members who declined to have their donations recognised.  Abdul Rahim Mohd Tahir Alan Brian Klevansky Alan George Wise Amalan Mahalingam Amanda Whitney Palmer Anne Louise Capp Bann Saffar Brendan Dean Adler Christopher Milross Cliff Yang Conor Paul Murray Darrel Charles Sargeant Darryl Shnier David Boshell David Byram David James Kusuma Eduardo Matarolo Jayme Fariha Sitheeque Garvin Bryce Williamsz Geoffrey Samuel Peretz Gillian Margaret Beveridge

Giuseppe Sasso Glen Morton Kwok Shing Lo Gregory William Solomons Harikrishna Sivaganabalan James Macpherson Linklater Jamie Nghia Tan Tran John Eric Clouston John Richard Gimpel Joseph Richter Joseph Stephen Fasulakis Katherine Emily Neville Keen Hun Tai Kenneth Reginald Neale Kester Ozuem Maduadi Kim-Son Nguyen Krishna Bharat Boddupalli Boddupalli Lizbeth Moira Kenny Lourens Rasmus Van Der Westhuizen Luke Oakden-Rayner

Madhu Gulati Mahdi Timasi Mandakini Siwach Manish Mittal Manohar Chavvakula Maren Krueger Margaret Latham Matthew Anuoluwapo Eniola Michael James Baker Michael John Veness Mohamed Ehsan bin Mohamed Ebrahim Muhammad Idris Nazanin Zarerad Nicholas Ian Brown Patricia Leigh Robertson Paul Boon Keong Ng Peter Robert English Philip Alan Weeks Piyoosh Karsondas Kotecha Piyush Paramhans Siwach

Pradeep Sonwalkar Purushothama Raju Nadimpalle Ratna Tulasi Koyyalamudi Ronny Su-Tong Low Roy Adam Charles Winning Salim Suleman Merchant Sandeep Waman Joshi Sanjay Jeganathan Simon Tang Siroos Nasibi Siva Kumar Rajaratnam Solokara Mudiyanselage Thusha Karunarathne Stacy Kellan Goergen Stanley Rajapakse Thomas Mathews Tuan Dinh Phan Tulasi Ramanarasiah York Keat Cheung

Advocacy Financial Performance in 2019–2020 The Financial Statements for the year ending 30 June 2020, along with the auditor’s report are presented in this document. Detailed versions are available from the College website: www.ranzcr.com The final months of our FY2020 were of course overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The social and economic stresses as a result of COVID-19 and the necessary restrictions have been profound. Cancellation of major activities including but not limited to the Series II examinations followed by refunds had strongly impacted the College’s cashflow. The College acted quickly to bolster RANZCR’s financial position and ensure there was sufficient liquidity to operate in the uncertain economic environment. This included an immediate focus on cash preservation, ceasing or deferring all non-essential expenditure particularly travel, and obtaining timely support from the Australian and New Zealand governments. Consequently, total FY2020 net income is a surplus of $658K for 2019–2020. The College’s retained surpluses increased to $8.7M which act as an important financial buffer during uncertain times, as well as enabling us to support a freeze on fees for members in 2020/2021 FY.

We acknowledge the valuable support provided during the year by our supporters and sponsors. Fujifilm Australia Pty Ltd

Ipsen

Radiology Reporting

AstraZeneca

GE Healthcare

Kestral

Sectra Pty Ltd

Avant Mutual

Genesis Cancer Care

Kiwis STAT

Siemens Healthcare Pty Ltd

Brainlab Australia

Guerbet

Legacy Group

Soliton IT

Canon Medical Systems ANZ Pty Ltd

Healthcare Imaging Services

M*Modal

STAT Recruitment

Healthinc Pty Ltd

MDA National

Comrad Medical Systems

Hologic

MedCurrent Corporation

The James Cancer Hospital at the Ohio State University

Device Technologies

Hospital Staff Solutions

Medical Objects

DTect Innovation Pty Ltd

Hyland

Mundipharma

EIZO Oceania

Icon Group

Pacific Radiology

Elekta

I-Med Radiology Network

Philips

Epic - X Pty Ltd

Integral Diagnostics

Qscan Group

Everlight Radiology

Intelerad Medical Systems

Quantum Health Group

EverX Pty Ltd

I-TeleRAD

Radiology DU Ltd

TRG Imaging Varian Medical Systems Vision RT Voyager Imaging

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infrastructure to increase the reliability, cyber security and other capabilities like video conferencing. The Training and Assessment Reform (TAR) project was postponed to create scope to implement E-examinations. IT costs will continue to be a major expense to maintain the security, reliability of our infrastructure and delivery of rigorous E-examinations and the TAR.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst to digital transformation, while rapidly introducing an array of new and elevated risks. While the College was already well-equipped for remote working, it prioritised the upscaling of

Our focus on Advocacy remained with persistent level of activities in lobbying governments for increased funding to support the services our members deliver. We are seeing a good return on this investment for both our members and patients alike. However, ongoing interaction with governments and stakeholders is necessary to ensure timely implementation of these changes and to bring new policies to fruition. A great intangible aspect of our positive approach throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to Advocacy has strengthened the College’s prominent standing both with the general public and key decision-makers in government.

Program Funding The Specialist Training Program (STP) continues, however funded by excess funds from prior period. The timing of changes to STP funding exacerbated the cashflow stress due to COVID-19 and the situation is being carefully managed. The program covers the College’s overhead costs as well as produce the desired outcomes which benefit the community and our profession. The funding is expected to resume in early 2021 until the end of the current contract in December 2021.

Membership Subscriptions The Board resolved to freeze subscription fees due to the impact of COVID-19 on our membership, hence the 2020–2021 annual subscription remains at $2,795 for Fellows and Educational Affiliates. The fee will assist in covering our ongoing expenses and

will contribute to the long-term financial viability of the College.

Donations and Other Support The College is grateful for the support it received from its Fellows, members, corporate supporters and associated organisations throughout the year: detailed acknowledgement is available on page 10 of this report. The College is also very grateful to Fellows and members who have donated to the Education and Research Fund annual appeal. Without the generous pro bono assistance from so many members and Fellows, the cost of maintaining and growing the scope of the College would require serious fee increases. We also thank those Fellows who have contributed their time through the voluntary work and help contain our costs in training, examinations and many other activities.

Outlook under COVID-19 The COVID-19 situation continues to evolve both locally and globally. The impact of restrictions on regional and international travel to many of the College’s activities is severe. Major activities like examinations, ASM and ACR courses have been cancelled resulting in inevitable financial stress. While a solution on E-examinations is being implemented as a priority, other activities such as the AGM and elections will have to be conducted virtually which will also impact the 2020/2021 financial year. Furthermore, investment returns are likely to be depressed with record low interest rates and volatile financial markets. The Board and Management continue to actively monitor the situation, adapt our responses and control costs as required to ensure the continuation of core activities like exams and other strategic priorities as well as safeguarding the College’s financial assets.


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / Auditor’s Report

AUDITOR’S REPORT Level 17, 383 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000 Correspondence to: Locked Bag Q800 QVB Post Office Sydney NSW 1230 T +61 2 8297 2400 F +61 2 9299 4445 E info.nsw@au.gt.com W www.grantthornton.com.au

Responsibilities of the Responsible Entities for the financial report

Independent Auditor’s Report

The Responsible Entities of the Registered Entity are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act, and for such internal control as the Responsible Entities determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

To the Members of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Report on the audit of the financial report

In preparing the financial report, the Responsible Entities are responsible for assessing the Registered Entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Responsible Entities either intend to liquidate the Registered Entity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Opinion We have audited the financial report of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (the “Registered Entity”), which comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2020, the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, statement of changes in funds and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and the Responsible Entities’ declaration.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Registered Entity’s financial reporting process.

In our opinion, the financial report of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists has been prepared in accordance with Division 60 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012, including: 1.

giving a true and fair view of the Registered Entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2020 and of its financial performance for the year period then ended; and

2.

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and Division 60 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Regulation 2013.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial report Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Registered Entity in accordance with the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

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Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Emphasis of matter – COVID-19 We draw attention to Note 21 of the financial report, which describes the circumstances relating to the material subsequent events regarding COVID-19 and the uncertainty surrounding any future potential financial impact. Our opinion is not modified in relation to this matter.

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RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / Auditor’s Report

FINANCIALS The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income For the year ended 30 June 2020 NOTE

2020 $

2019 $

16,420,659

16,637,427

648,261

22,770

17,068,920

6,660,197

399,153

482,394

(728,922)

401,299

18,502

-

(311,267)

883,693

16,757,653

17,543,890

7,900,570

8,032,543

-

60,840

Revenue from continuing operations Revenue from the provision of services Other revenue 3 Other income We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Interest and dividend income Net (loss)/gain on financial investments at fair value through profit or loss Other

Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd

Total revenue from continuing operations and other income

Chartered Accountants

Expenses Employee benefits expense James Winter Partner – Audit & Assurance

Project costs

Sydney, 9 September 2020

Council and committee costs

2,243,189

2,914,629

Annual Scientific Meeting costs

1,098,320

1,268,040

258,329

310,875

2,006,414

1,608,133

Journal production and postage

258,508

287,896

Occupancy costs

166,680

320,658

448,547

338,426

56,417

65,651

262,112

249,408

48,332

56,389

1,355,469

1,596,324

16,102,887

17,109,812

654,766

434,078

Foreign currency translation

3,395

6,555

Other comprehensive income for the year

3,395

6,555

Printing, publicity and public relations Professional, consulting and legal fees

Depreciation and amortisation expense

4

Accounting and audit fees Finance costs and banking charges Communication expense Other administration expenses Total expenses Surplus for the year

4

Other comprehensive income Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss PAGE 15

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The above statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes found in the full financial report for 2019–2020 on the College website.


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / FINANCIALS

RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / FINANCIALS

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Statement of Changes in Funds For the year ended 30 June 2020

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Statement of Financial Position As at 30 June 2020 NOTE

2020 $

2019 $

RESERVES $

ASSETS Balance at 1 July 2018

Current assets

Surplus for the year

ACCUMULATED FUNDS $

TOTAL FUNDS $

3,058,929

7,005,590

10,064,519

-

434,078

434,078

Cash and cash equivalents

5

5,488,082

3,379,843

Trade and other receivables

6

1,296,824

591,644

Other comprehensive income for the year

6,555

-

6,555

Other assets

7

702,399

624,169

Total comprehensive income for the year

6,555

434,078

440,633

Financial assets

10

-

2,849,846

Transfers from reserves to accumulated funds

(274,203)

274,203

7,487,305

7,445,502

Balance at 30 June 2019

2,791,281

7,713,871

10,505,152

Balance at 1 July 2019

2,791,281

7,713,871

10,505,152

2,791,281

7,713,871

10,505,152

-

654,766

654,766

Other comprehensive income for the year

3,395

-

3,395

3,395

654,766

658,161

Total current assets Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment

8

3,594,969

3,670,080

Right-of-use assets

9

352,479

-

Financial assets

10

16,995,702

17,382,637

16,480

-

Total non-current assets

20,959,630

21,052,717

Total comprehensive income for the year

Total assets

28,446,935

28,498,219

Transfers from reserves to accumulated funds

(331,927)

331,927-

Balance at 30 June 2020

2,462,749

8,700,564

Intangibles

Surplus for the year

LIABILITIES Current liabilities

The above statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes found in the full financial report for 2019–2020 on the College website.

Trade and other payables

11

5,270,854

4,086,528

Employee benefits provisions

12

836,521

690,696

Contract liabilities

13

10,682,850

13,081,588

Lease liabilities

14

59,541

-

16,849,766

17,858,812

Total current liabilities Non-current liabilities Employee benefits provisions

12

134,258

134,255

Lease liabilities

14

299,598

-

433,856

134,255

Total liabilities

17,283,622

17,993,067

Net assets

11,163,313

10,505,152

2,462,749

2,791,281

8,700,564

7,713,871

Total non-current assets

FUNDS Reserves

15

The above statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes found in the full financial report for 2019–2020 on the College website.

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Accumulated funds

11,163,313


RANZCR Annual Report 2019/20 / FINANCIALS

COLLEGE GRANTS AWARDS AND PRIZES

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended 30 June 2020

in the Year 2019–2020 NOTE

2020 $

2019 $

Receipts from grants, managed government programs and COVID-19 funding

6,015,119

10,552,837

Receipts from members

9,862,723

9,199,124

Receipts from exam, training and education, courses, and other service revenue

5,244,694

8,545,821

109,374

356,694

(21,632,151)

(26,847,577)

(400,241)

1,806,899

COLLEGE HONOURS

Cash flows from operating activities

Other receipts Payments to suppliers and employees Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities

19

Roentgen Medal A/Prof Dinesh Varma Prof Alexander Pitman Clinical Radiology Educational Service Award Prof Timothy Buckenham Denise Lonergan Educational Service Award Dr Kumar Gogna

Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(273,500)

(81,203)

Net proceeds from /(purchase of) financial assets

2,507,859

(2,032,821)

399,153

482,394

2,633,512

(1,631,630)

Interest and principal payments for lease liabilities

(128,427)

-

Net cash used in financing activities

(128,427)

-

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

2,104,844

175,269

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year

3,379,843

3,198,019

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

3,395

6,555

Interest and investment income Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities

Life Membership Dr Alain Lavoipierre Dr Turi Mark Osborne Dr John Ward Sally Crossing Award for Consumer Advocacy Ms Lee Hunt

Cash flows from financing activities

RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS Withers and Peters Grant Dr Gargi Kothari Faculty of Radiation Oncology Bourne and Langlands Prize Dr Natalie Collier

Wiley Best Exhibit Award Radiology Dr David Wang Obex William A Cook Award Dr Gregory Tarr NZ Radiology Education Trust Proffered Paper Prize Dr Jane Peart

Varian Medical Systems Educational Grants Dr Christopher Williams Dr Santosh Kumar Dr Cristian Udovicich Dr Lilly Shen Dr Karen Tam Dr Adam Byrne Dr Therese Kang Dr Anna Lawless

Clinical Radiology Early Career Researchers Prize Dr Numan Kutaiba

NZ Radiology Education Trust Poster Prize Dr Khairul Missa Binti Mohd Amin

Radiation Oncology Research Grants Dr Sweet Ping Ng Dr Wee Loon Ong

ASM Prize Recipients – Radiation Oncology Varian Prize Dr Christopher Williams

Clinical Radiology Research Grants A/Prof Frank Gaillard (x2) Dr Adrienne Lam Dr Warren Clements

Wiley Best Exhibit Award Radiation Oncology Dr Sweet Ping Ng

Windeyer Fellowship Dr Shreya Armstrong

David Wigg Prize for Radiobiology Research Dr David Chang

Dr Lucinda Burke

ASM Prize Recipients Clinical Radiology Branch of Origin Dr Gregory Tarr

EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS Thomas Baker Fellowship Dr Eun-Ji Hwang Rouse Travelling Fellowship Prof Kenneth Lau

International Development Fund Chris Atkinson Award – Dr Mei Ling Yap and Best Radiation Oncology Scientific Paper Presentation Dr Iain Ward EXAM PRIZES Dr Michael Jones Elekta Award CE Eddy Prize Radiation Dr Sweet Ping Ng Oncology CE Eddy Prize Clinical Radiology Dr Isaac Lui HR Sear Prize Dr Christopher Astill

The above statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes found in the full financial report for 2019–2020 on the College website.

MGF Donnan Prize Dr Matthew Devine

Deceased Members It is with regret that we record the deaths of the following members during the year under review:

RANZCR Appeals Committee

Dr Ah Ang Fellow NSW Dr John Barratt Fellow SA Dr Lewis Beale Fellow NZ PAGE 19

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Prof Geoffrey Benness Life NSW

Dr Jane Johnston Fellow NZ

Dr John Cashman Life NSW

Dr James Moore Fellow QLD

Prof Turab Chakera Life WA

Dr Paul Salmon Fellow WA

Dr Indran Devadason Fellow WA

Dr Hock Teo Fellow WA

Dr Ernest Dominikovich Fellow NZ

Dr William Tucker Life SA

Dr Alan Grant Fellow NSW

Dr Antony Young Life NZ

In the financial year reported on, 2019 - 2020, the College had one Appeal that went to the Appeals Committee for a hearing on 15 August 2019. An IMG candidate appealed the result of one of their radiology viva exams. The ‘fail’ examination result was upheld by the Appeals Committee.


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