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Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease.

Published: 31 May, 2023

initiatives, telehealth and online services than the previous year, but many people are accessing new services being rolled out under the Access and Choice programme Workforce vacancies in specialist adult mental health and addiction services have doubled between 2018 and 2022, and we want to see a

Published: 11 June, 2025

The report outlines six key system shifts that, taken together, would transform the mental health and addiction system to realise the vision set out in He Ara Oranga. All six shifts are grounded in the experience of people with living and lived experience of mental distress and addictions.

Published: 1 November, 2023

This could be through a health service, online, calling a helpline, or other service. We will use the information we collected to advocate for changes to the mental health and addiction system in Aotearoa.

Published: 14 June, 2021

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Published: 22 March, 2022

The report covers mental health services and addiction services funded by the public health system, including: Primary mental health services and addiction services that are provided within a general practice including general practitioner (GP) or nurse consultations, psychological interventions, cognitive

Published: 11 June, 2025

“As the independent monitor of mental health and wellbeing we have provided a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like. The system shifts that are needed to achieve the vision of He Ara Oranga are clear”.

Published: 31 May, 2023

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.

Published: 18 February, 2025

Our role is to draw attention to areas where improvements are needed as well as highlighting where things are working well. Additional monitoring information on the 2023/24 year will be released in coming months. Read the Access to specialist mental health and addiction services, 2023/24 factsheet

Published: 5 March, 2025

Our speakers: Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath NZ Te Whatu Ora Inspector Matthew (Matt) Morris, Police Mental Health Response Change Programme lead, NZ Police Kerri Butler, Lived Experience, Take Notice The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara