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Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa
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services. “As the Commission notes, the arrival of the Omicron variant has exposed long-standing, fundamental weaknesses in our health system. There is little capacity in the mental health system to cope with shocks, there are entrenched inequities in access to services and better outcomes experienced by
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services
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billion currently being spent annually on mental health and addiction services and the system still under extreme pressure, more is needed. "We believe more funding is required to achieve equity for Māori, and improve youth services, specialist services, and other areas not addressed in the
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Board Chair Hayden Wano receives New Year Honour for services to Māori health
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given prominence. The New Zealand Royal Honours system is unique to New Zealand with candidates nominated by the community, and lists approved by the King of New Zealand on the Prime Minister’s advice for “going beyond the normal requirements of duty or office.” In testament to the high regard in which Mr Wano and his mahi is held, a number of people wrote in support of the honour. New Year's Honours List 2023 Hayden Wano biography
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New prevalence study will provide vital data
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that drive mental health outcomes and prevent mental distress. For example, we know from our own assessment that a strong cultural identity for young Māori is an important enabler of better mental health outcomes. Given this, we are also heartened to see a funding announcement for further funding of
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Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar
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addiction service use. Overall, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist services, primary mental health initiatives, telehealth, and online services in 2021/22. This follows a steady increase the four years prior. The exception to this trend is more people are accessing new services
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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investment in mental health and addiction services through the 2019 Wellbeing Budget, improvements in services have not materialised as we had hoped for over this time,” says Commission Board Chair Hayden Wano. “We commend the investment in additional, and much needed, primary and community services, but
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Rolling out more options for crisis care
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Government recently announced that six new Crisis Recovery Cafés will be rolled out around the country over the next two years. The benefits of this type of care model are examined in our recently released insights paper on acute options for mental health care. Our Lived Experience team prepared
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Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina
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The most important terms in He Ara Āwhina are explained here, along with complex terms that are not ‘everyday language’. We have also included words that people told us needed more explanation during our public consultation on the draft He Ara Āwhina framework. Where we have made use of other
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Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package
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used. The right workforce and staffing levels are also key to ensuring that inpatient facilities can optimise the number of acute beds available at any given time. “Inpatient facilities are only part of the equation. As a nation, we need to keep having the wider
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Youth wellbeing insights
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pressing and present issue when they think about their future, since young people, particularly rangatahi Māori, value the environment for their wellbeing Discrimination, including anti-rainbow discrimination and ableism, racism and the impacts of colonisation are significant issues for rangatahi Māori