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  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    experience of mental distress want options for getting through crises at home or in welcoming, warm, home-like settings. We are already seeing great examples of innovative services for people experiencing high levels of distress, such as peer-led acute services, after-hours drop-in spaces, whānau-led wānanga

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    . “We are calling for the Government to urgently invest in and prioritise the expansion of community-based acute mental health support options to help address acute inpatient capacity issues.” he says. “Our wellbeing system needs to be providing community-based therapeutic support and culturally

  • Positive progress with targets but challenges remain for young people

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    care as well as an increased range of effective acute community options tailored for young people. The latest mental health and addiction target factsheets for quarter two 2025/26 can be found on the Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora website . 

  • 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

  • Reports to the Minister

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    Doocey - February 2025 [PDF 320KB] 2024 briefings Briefing on update to Minister Doocey - November 2024 [589KB] Briefing on meeting with Minister Doocey - September 2024 [317KB] Briefing on Budget 19 to 22 Investment in Mental Health and Addiction - August 2024 [305KB] Briefing on Acute Options for

  • Young people are missing out on access to mental health services

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    for young people, including youth-specific crisis responses, streamlined pathways into care as well as an increased range of effective acute community options tailored for young people. It is positive to see an overall increase in access to specialist mental health and addiction services and the new

  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    across the system.  “We need to step back and look at the system as a whole. We are asking what more can be done to provide a range of options when people are acutely distressed. We need to make sure support is readily accessible when people are first looking for help,” Ms Orsborn said.&nbsp

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    needs of Māori and whānau accessing specialist mental health and addiction services. Health NZ provides guidance for 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

  • Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

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    . “Young people have told us they want to see a wider range of options to address youth distress across Aotearoa. This includes more age-appropriate community-based services and alternatives to hospital based inpatient mental health care; kaupapa Māori options to meet the needs of rangatahi Māori; and

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    , acute alternatives, as well as inpatient services when needed. Needs to include youth-specific, peer-led, and Kaupapa Māori options be led by lived experience, embed peer support, be culturally responsive, rights-based, and trauma responsive ensure the provision of a timely and compassionate