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  • New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford

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    active promoting mental health and wellbeing in the rural community for many years. He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and

  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    Our Peer support workforce paper 2023 shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised. Key findings in the paper include:&nbsp

  • Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive

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    Improvement and Deputy CEO at the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC), leading national patient safety and quality improvement programmes across public and private hospitals, primary and community care, mental health and addiction services, and aged care.  “With her broad experience and deep

  • Board Chair Hayden Wano receives New Year Honour for services to Māori health

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    Te Hiringa Mahara congratulates our Board Chair Hayden Wano on being made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order in the New Year’s Honours List 2023, for his service to Māori health. The award reflects Mr Wano’s 40 years-plus health sector experience in mental health, community and medical

  • Leadership

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    services, and aged care. Karen has also held roles as National Lead for Elective Services and Group Manager Funding at the Ministry of Health, as well as operational roles in a District Health Board. Karen is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Services Management (ACHSM) and a former

  • Data phase/ He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework

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    many sectors to develop draft wellbeing indicators and measures for the framework. Two Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) were set up – one focused on mental health and addiction (MHA) service level data and the other on population level data. These groups supported the Initial Commission to

  • He Ara Oranga Inquiry

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    Mental Health and Addiction . The catalyst for the inquiry was widespread concern about mental health services, within the mental health sector and the broader community, and calls for a wide-ranging inquiry from service users, their families and whānau, people affected by suicide, people working in

  • Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing

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    Monitoring of the mental health and addiction system is reported on a number of reports.  Notable reports include: Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023 Te Huringa Tuarua: Kaupapa Māori services report Beyond the reports that we publish, we also advocate for improvement via submissions and other advocacy

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough.  People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose

  • Where to get support

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    and anyone is in immediate physical danger, phone 111. Alternatively, you can go to your nearest hospital emergency department (ED). For urgent help, mental health crisis services, or medical advice Phone your local Mental Health Crisis Assessment Team  if you are concerned about a person’s