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  • Access and Choice programme 2025 report downloads

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    Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years

  • Our tools to create system change

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    . Having a plan to grow the workforce and address workforce shortages, improve prevalence information, and create better data systems will provide a solid foundation for enabling system changes that are most effective in improving access and addressing gaps to mental health and addiction services.   &nbsp

  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    unacknowledged and under-valued however it has been shown to improve hope, psychosocial outcomes and quality of life for tāngata whaiora. In recent years there has been a marginal increase in the size of the peer support workforce (an increase of 64 FTE or 18% between 2018 and 2022) but it still makes up only 3.4% of the wider mental health and addictions workforce. 

  • Strategy to improve mental health outcomes on the way

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    Last week we welcomed the passing by Parliament of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes) Amendment Bill. This amendment requires that the Minister for Mental Health produce a mental health and wellbeing strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand within 12 months. The Bill was

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    mental health system.   Crisis support must be health-led, with a strong role for the lived experience workforce. People need a real choice of safe and welcoming options for both mental health and substance use crises. This must be culturally safe, trauma-informed and uphold human rights wherever

  • Access and choice landing page

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  • Reports to the Minister

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    2025 [PDF  300KB] Briefing on He Ara Āwhina dashboard and infographics - May 2025 [PDF 309KB] Briefing for meeting with Minister Doocey and Minister Meager - April 2025 [PDF 334KB] Briefing on Access and Choice programme monitoring report - March 2025 [PDF 331KB] Briefing for meeting with Minister

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    different ways and what works for one person, will not necessarily work for another. The critical thing is people have choices and are in control of their own recovery. In our insights paper we describe the range of options that could and, in some cases, do make up the acute care continuum in Aotearoa

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    In this article Karen Orsborn, Chief Executive, outlines what needs to be done to promote online safety for rangatahi and young people.  Online spaces are now integrated into many young people’s lives, and Aotearoa, NZ has some of the highest rates of youth engagement in online spaces media in

  • Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun report downloads

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    monitoring report Monitoring report summaries, in English and Te Reo Māori Accessible report summaries -  Easy read, Large print, Braille, Audio and NZSL formats are available below. See also: The Voices report : Mental health and addiction service qualitative report 2024: Access and options Read