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Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen
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people's lives, have not always been as visible as the immediate health impacts of contracting COVID-19 and getting well again, but they are just as real. Mental health services and addiction services have continued performing at pre-COVID-19 levels, which is a substantial achievement
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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
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Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner
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growth of our lived experience and broader mental health sector networks across both countries,” she said. Board 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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Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package
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. Hayden Wano says the Access and Choice Programme, funded through the mental health and addictions package, is critical to give people access to services and supports when we need them and for there to be a greater range of choice as to the type of support and service options available. “We are
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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
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Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill
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) Amendment Bill are currently being considered by the Health Select Committee. Read our submission (PDF 175 KB) When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced by the previous government in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality. This is
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis
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local social hubs, such as marae and libraries, are up and running, putting face-to-face support in place such as carer and social worker visits, opening schools, and ensuring the community services and volunteers that are reaching into communities are supported Supports, including access to mental
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Have your say on a service-level monitoring framework for mental health and addiction
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The consultation phase to provide feedback on the development of a framework to monitor mental health services and addiction services is now closed. The Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission provided people with an opportunity to have their say on the He Ara Āwhina service-level monitoring
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Assessment of progress - implementation of Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga recommendations downloads
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Government. These five recommendations had a focus on improving access to mental health and addiction (MHA) services. They were: Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025 (inclusive of clinical