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New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford
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Newsactive promoting mental health and wellbeing in the rural community for many years. He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and
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Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023
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ResourceAccess 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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Board Chair Hayden Wano receives New Year Honour for services to Māori health
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Newsimportant role in the current transformation of the health system. As kaitiaki (guardian) of mental health and wellbeing, Te Hiringa Mahara works to ensure the voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora (people with lived experience of distress and addiction, substance, or gambling harm) can be heard and
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Mental Health Bill debate stalled
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Newsmessage was received loud and clear; the current Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 is outdated and in need of a review. Repealing and replacing the law is one of 40 recommendations made in the Inquiry report. “While some changes don’t need to wait for the law to pass, the
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New Te Hiringa Mahara Board appointments welcomed
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Newstakes us up until 2029. We will continue to push strongly to ensure people who need support have access to appropriate services, and as well as tackling underlying factors that contribute to poor mental health.” The changes announced are: Dr Barbara Disley, a current board member, has
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Positive progress with targets but challenges remain for young people
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Newsdistress becomes overwhelming. “We know that timely care is critical as the effects of mental distress can follow them through their lives, sometimes causing devastating effects for them and their whānau down the track. “Our current data shows that across Aotearoa New Zealand, those under the age of 18
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Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?
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Newsresources is underpinned by a long-term vision and strategy. Investment is still needed to sustain and scale up current and new initiatives in priority areas,” Ms Orsborn said. The Commission received data about the status of the funding allocated for mental health and addiction initiatives in Budget 2019
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New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report
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Newscomplex cases. For example, vacancies rates sit at 22% for psychologists and 19% for psychiatrists. “What we’re seeing is that under-pressure services have constraints on how many people they can see, with some people not meeting the threshold to access specialist services. Some people can get
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Lived experiences of CCTOs report
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Resourcesee the new mental health law based on supported decision making, and embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a Te Ao Māori worldview. Practices that need to change now under the current Mental Health Act 1992: We want to see a reduction in the number of applications and outcomes granted for CCTOs, and
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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Newsmore is needed to address pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. “The current health reforms, and the newly-created Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, provide opportunities to embed strong leadership in their operating models and enhance the focus on mental health and