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  • He Ara Āwhina development journey

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    Measurement phase and future reporting July 2022 – March 2023 He Ara Āwhina system monitoring framework has a broad scope covering services and the wider system, including services funded outside of Vote Health. The framework outlines people’s aspirations for the mental health and addiction system. We

  • We asked what happened with our recommendations? Here’s what we found out

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    populations are not always well supported by mental health and addiction services. Data and workforce plans are necessary work, and we need to prioritise actions that improve access and experience for Māori and young people. We want to see sustained action from Health NZ to ensure equitable outcomes. While

  • Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

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    Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Youth services focus

  • Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun report downloads

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    The purpose of this report is to monitor mental health and addiction services over the five-year period from July 2018 to June 2023. The report focuses on access to services and options available.  On this page you can download or view: Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun 2024

  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    In 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.  With its 17 April report on the Mental Health Bill, the Health Select Committee has

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

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    exacerbated and amplified many existing inequities in mental health and wellbeing outcomes, and in accessing services and supports. In the face of challenges presented by the pandemic, iwi, hapū, and whānau Māori exercised rangatiratanga, providing practical support for themselves and others through the

  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.   “People who are experiencing mental distress who arrive at an emergency department

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission unveils new name 

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    government and position our voice to improve the mental health, addiction, and wellbeing systems in Aotearoa.   “Having a name that reflects the spirit of the work that we do and the communities that we serve is an important part of this journey.  “Our role is to work in the spirit of Te

  • Access and Choice Programme progress report 2021

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    This report found that the programme has put much-needed investment into primary and community care in line with many of the recommendations in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction , enabling important services to be provided. The overall programme is on

  • Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing

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    The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today. We only need to acknowledge increasing levels of distress, and the many well-known barriers to wellbeing, to understand that much more needs to be done to support young