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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

  • Advocacy

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    health and wellbeing.  We are prioritising three focus areas for our advocacy:  Transforming from a coercive to a choice-based system Improving mental health and wellbeing for rangatahi and young people More kaupapa Māori services. We cannot advocate alone. There are many ways that you can support

  • Access and Choice programme 2025 report webinar

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    Access and choice programme at five years webinar recording Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining key findings from our new, independent report: Access and Choice Programme: Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years . The report was released on 3 April 2025 and provides an

  • Social media community guidelines

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    Join our online community LinkedIn YouTube We have an active presence in online community spaces. Our aim is to host well-informed and connected online community. We want these to be spaces where everyone can be part of constructive conversations about improving access to mental health and

  • Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease

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    . “Rangatahi and young people aged under 25 make up over 10,000 of the 16,000 fewer people being seen. This requires urgent attention.” “We want to see improved access so people get timely support when they need it.” The reasons behind a reduction in access to services were reported in our 2024 Kua

  • Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction

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    1992 is underway and there is hope that this can take a rights-based approach built in partnership with people. New legislation won’t be transformative by itself, and must be supported by other changes, such as expanding access and increasing choice for mental health and addiction services

  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    improving outcomes for Māori, including community-led design of kaupapa Māori services that are by Māori, for Māori working with people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction to expand access to services and choice in support options so people can recover from mental distress and addiction

  • 2024 mental health and addiction services monitoring – update webinar

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    and Choice programme in primary care has increased access and expanded options for people with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. However, access to specialist services has decreased, with people reporting challenges accessing these services. We look at the access challenges faced

  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    picture of the system available. More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23. However, the number of people

  • Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar

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    through the Access and Choice programme. The decrease in service use in parts of the system is unexpected given the public reports on increasing levels of distress. We presented the data behind these findings and related measures, along with the changes we want to see happen. We also talked about future