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Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant
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other service providers and churches, who have contributed to a huge turnaround in rates of vaccination for Māori and Pacific communities. This is the kind of targeted approach that is needed to ensure that people who experience mental distress and those who experience addictions, have equitable and timely access to the vaccination. “Only then, can we say that Aotearoa has done its best in ensuring that no one is being left behind,” says Wano.
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Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all
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voices of people experiencing mental distress and other challenges are heard and acted upon appropriately. “People with greater experience of negative health outcomes than most want more power in their decision-making. We are here to ensure that their views are heard; that this happens in a timely
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Mental health and addiction service monitoring 2026 downloads
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Ara Awhina monitoring framework to help us understand how tāngata whaiora access services and how services are performing within a wider system. Data reported on includes the number of people accessing services, wait times, and workforce. This is released as part of our regular monitoring role. Te
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Te Huringa: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2022
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that there has been little evidence of improvement in services or changes in wait times for specialist mental health services over the past five years. Wait times for young people to access specialist mental health services continue to be well below target and wait times for addiction services have
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Annual Report 2022/23 highlights
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, kaupapa Māori services, compulsory community treatment orders and the peer support workforce. A dashboard has been developed to ensure data is more easily accessible See: www.mwhc.govt.nz/dashboard Taking stock of the lessons we can take from the COVID-19 pandemic response was a focus
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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to experience long waiting times to access specialist services. Our young people deserve better,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Board Chair Hayden Wano. “The workforce has grown for specialist adult mental health and addiction services over the last five years, but workforce vacancies have doubled. We want
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Assessment of progress - implementation of Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga recommendations downloads
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the delivery of effective acute community options tailored to meet the needs of rangatahi and youth by June 2025. Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction data plan by June 2025 that ensures information systems are integrated and enables collection of quality and timely data. Government
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Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina
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between generations of lineage that descend from Atua Māori. In present times whānau is also commonly used to include people who have close relationships and / or who come together with a common purpose. Tāngata whaiora can determine who their whānau and / or kaupapa whānau is when they
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We asked what happened with our recommendations? Here’s what we found out
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designed and implemented. Health NZ must now build on this success by taking the next steps to improve access to MHA services on the ground. Timely implementation of a robust workforce plan would ensure there is capacity and capability to make the right options available to people when and where they
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Young people are missing out on access to mental health services
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high psychological distress, our findings show fewer were seen by specialist services in the most recent year, and wait times show little sign of improvement. “We are not alone in sounding the alarm, yet we continue to see too many young people missing out on vital specialist mental health and