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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.
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Access and Choice programme 2025 report webinar
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substantially increased access to support, however efforts to reach the aim of 325,000 people accessing services needs to be intensified. Our expert panel discussed their experiences with the programme from the perspectives of lived experience, Kaupapa Māori services, and the workforce.  
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Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes
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along with engagement with Pacific communities. Pacific community leaders told us that the ‘Pacific dream’ is about thriving Pacific families in Aotearoa. However, it is clear from our assessment of the data and experience of Pacific people we spoke to, both for migrants and generations
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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of a transformed mental health and addiction system. We want to see more by Māori, for Māori approaches, such as kaupapa Māori services. “The improvement we need requires our collective leadership. There are some very early signs of progress, however the scale of the challenge ahead is significant
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COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home
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broad range of community-based organisations, including Whānau Ora providers, women’s refuges, and Māori wardens. “However, while government and community responses were and are valuable, more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence.”
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2024 mental health and addiction services monitoring – update webinar
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; We hosted a webinar to walk people through key findings from this report alongside the data behind these findings. We also shared the changes we want to see happen. The report shows that service access has increased in some parts of the system but decreased in others. The new Access
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Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant
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couldn't. However, the job is not yet done. “There will be a number of reasons for these lower rates, but we are of the view that access is a particular concern, combined with a level of hesitancy and lack of trust. We have no reason to believe that a significant portion are vaccine resistant as such
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services
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move in the right direction towards addressing issues raised in our recent Te Huringa report and transforming the system toward the vision of He Ara Oranga. The focus of this investment is aligned with the voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora (people with lived experience of distress and addiction
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Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction
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more people and there are pockets of success and innovation to expand access and increase choice for mental health and addiction services. However, funding mechanisms have not changed enough to support a partnership approach, which would see priority populations co-design services from the beginning
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Mental health and addiction targets welcomed
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as a barometer of the state of the whole mental health and addiction system. However, it doesn’t tell the full picture, therefore we need a wider range of high-level measures across both primary/community and specialist services.” “We really need to know if there are population groups that are