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Govt must respond to the impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing
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News“Support for those already facing inequities, such as people and whānau with lived experience of distress, is critical. Further, timely access to mental health and addiction services should be provided for as long as needed, without a real- or implied-time limit.
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Time called on compulsory community mental health treatment
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NewsPeople in mental distress and their whānau do not feel heard in clinical review and court processes that lead to enforced treatment a report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows.
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Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all
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NewsThe Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has presented at an oral hearing on its recent submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill.
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Improving crisis responses - Police and Health NZ change programme webinar
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar with an expert panel discussion on the Police and Health NZ change programme to responding to mental health crisis events. This webinar was the first in a three-part series on improving crisis responses in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Next steps for mental health law will be crucial
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NewsThe final reading of the Mental Health Bill on Saturday 4 July marks a significant step forward to embedding a modern, human rights framework in our mental health and addiction system.
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Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark
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NewsThe findings of the Auditor General mirror conclusions we have reached, and those of the Cross-Party Mental Health and Addiction Wellbeing Group whose report Under One Umbrella, released in September 2023, focused on integrated mental health, alcohol and other drug use care for young people.
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New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?
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NewsIn this article Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, outlines progress by Parliament to repeal and replace the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.
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Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health
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NewsThe new Minister should mandate a mental health and wellbeing strategy through the Pae Ora / Healthy Futures Act, add a mental health target in the suite of proposed health targets, and commission the first mental health and wellbeing population prevalence survey since 2006.
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Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner
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NewsBoard chair Hayden Wano said “it will be sad to lose Taimi’s commitment and decades of involvement in services. She brought her whole life experience to the work of transforming our mental health and addiction system. We will miss Taimi and wish her well with this new leadership role.”
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Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) publicly released
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Newsthe suite of proposed health targets, focused on improving access to mental health and addiction services allocating funding and commissioning a phased prevalence survey of mental health and wellbeing starting with children and young people.