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The Initial Commission reporting
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Mā Te Rongo Ake / Through Listening and Hearing The Initial Commission was responsible for monitoring and providing advice on progress of the Government’s system transformation response to He Ara Oranga. This included monitoring progress on the implementation of kaupapa Māori approaches. Mā Te
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Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023
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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 clear strategy and roadmap to address growing workforce shortages Coercive practices continue to be widely used, particularly for Māori and
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Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar
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programme. She has a background in data, particularly mental health data, and is passionate about contributing to improved mental health outcomes for people in Aotearoa.
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
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draws on the previous seven reports in the COVID-19 series, and wider research to highlight the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic, and to learn from them. The report found that many of the challenges people faced in the pandemic were not new, but that the pandemic and its effects on communities
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Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner
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in the first two and half years of the Commission. “Over the years, I have passionately advocated for the greater incorporation of lived wisdom and innovation within the mental health sector and have been proud to see the importance of both grow within the sector,” Taimi said on acceptance of
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Pathway for peer support to transform the mental health and addiction workforce webinar
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together and synthesises evidence from academic research, New Zealand data, and the voices of people with lived experience on the value of the peer support workforce in mental health and alcohol and drug services. While the peer support workforce in Aotearoa is growing, it remains a small proportion of our
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More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services
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disparities faced by Māori in mental health outcomes, and calls for the need for change to address these inequities.The tangata whaiora Māori who contributed to the report emphasised the funding disparity. “Approximately 30 per cent of Māori will experience mental distress to the level categorised as
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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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Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care
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experienced admissions to adult facilities. “In the last year alone, 159 young people aged 12-17 years were admitted to adult mental health inpatient services – this is one quarter of young people who were admitted for inpatient mental health care. This is unacceptable. It needs to be zero. Adult and
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Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar
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practices under the current Mental Health Act. The Government process to repeal and replace the Act is underway, but it is likely to be years before new legislation is passed and fully implemented. We call for new law, based on supported decision making, embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Ao