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  • Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar

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    addiction service use. Overall, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist services, primary mental health initiatives, telehealth, and online services in 2021/22. This follows a steady increase the four years prior. The exception to this trend is more people are accessing new services

  • Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar

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    questions show there is more work to do to improve practice. This includes taking more time for decision making and involving whānau, family and other supporters in planning with tāngata whaiora. During this webinar, we shared our key findings and discussed the changes we want to see happen to shift

  • 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

  • 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

  • Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark

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    that will deliver for rangatahi and young people.” “The emphasis on the agencies that plan and fund services working together is the key to untapping collective effort that will make real change.” The Auditor General highlights how tailoring support to the specific needs of young people helps

  • Access and Choice programme

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    Wellbeing Budget. By 30 June 2026, Health NZ develop a plan to streamline pathways and ensure that Access and Choice Youth services and Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (ICAMHS) work together to meet the needs of young people across the continuum of care, including shared care

  • Youth services focus report

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    to adult inpatient mental health services. Achieving zero admissions of young people into adult inpatient services will not be easy. We need genuine commitment, leadership, and a comprehensive plan to make this happen. It is not too late to start, but we certainly cannot afford to wait. At the heart

  • Mental health and wellbeing must be a high priority in health system transformation

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    and wellbeing is to people and echo their calls for a continued focus on delivering tangible improvements.” The Commission welcomes the much-needed investment in primary and community care since 2019, the Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services, and the

  • Strategy on a page

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    plan into one place.  Our Pou Rama is standing strong, grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and shining bright on who we are, our areas of focus and what we do. It is supported by our vision, our mission and our values. Whāinga Tāhuhu | Our Vision: Tū tangata mauri ora | Thriving

  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. “Access to appropriate services when and where they are needed is very important to people seeking