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  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    Parliament in a process known as the Committee of the Whole House. We would like to see the Bill go further to uphold people’s human rights and freedom of choice and reduce the use of coercive practices. We would welcome consideration of alternative approaches to support people’s voluntary engagement with

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Impact of COVID-19 on wellbeing of older people in Aotearoa New Zealand

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    whānau and community support to access health services, food and necessities Whilst the pandemic led to more loneliness amongst older members of the community, kaumātua worked hard to maintain connections with their communities and whānau in a variety of different ways. It is important that our

  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    developed by Māori, with Māori, for Māori: - Mana Whakahaere - Mana Motuhake - Manawa Ora / Tūmanako - Mana Tangata / Tū Tangata Mauri Ora - Mana Whānau / Whanaungatanga - Kotahitanga Shared perspective, which is for everyone: - Equity - Participation and leadership - Access and options - Safety and

  • Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet download

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    This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In

  • Wellbeing

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    The report on the state of wellbeing, and priorities to support greater wellbeing for Pacific peoples in Aotearoa was published in May 2024. Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic This quantitative assessment of mental health and wellbeing among young people and

  • Abuse in care report recognises life-long trauma

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    people who experienced abuse need to be able to access ongoing and appropriate care and support. We need to recognise that people have different responses to trauma and ensure access to culturally appropriate responses that best support their needs.  Though we cannot turn the clock back, we can

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    definition will also mean that victims and survivors will be able to access available support, and that the impact of discrimination and conversion practices on individuals, family, and whānau are acknowledged. The Commission also recommended that adequate support and complaints advocacy is made

  • Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa

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    services. “As the Commission notes, the arrival of the Omicron variant has exposed long-standing, fundamental weaknesses in our health system. There is little capacity in the mental health system to cope with shocks, there are entrenched inequities in access to services and better outcomes experienced by

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

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    that people had access to during that period of the pandemic, and the stresses that emerged when these were lacking and life was disrupted. The analysis used a natural language processing algorithm to look at how we collectively talked about mental health and wellbeing during this period, and how this

  • Acute options for mental health care insights paper downloads

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    acute services Current picture of service access Visions for acute care Evidence of what works Examples that demonstrate the success and benefits of alternative models to acute inpatient care. Downloads Acute options for mental health care insights paper pdf, 1.1 MB Download Acute options for mental health care insights paper docx, 5.8 MB Download