Search
Displaying 131 - 140 results of 208 for "medical recommendations mental health act from prisons"
-
Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant
Published:
Commission. January figures from the Ministry of Health indicate that mental health service users have full vaccination rates that are 9% lower than the general population, and rates amongst addiction service users are 19% lower than the general population. The figures for Māori are also concerning
-
Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own
Published:
digital age, where connection and community look a lot different than for previous generations. Over the past three years, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has worked with young people to understand what drives mental health and wellbeing, including their experiences of
-
Pathway for peer support to transform the mental health and addiction workforce webinar
Published:
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
-
Our monitoring dashboard
Published:
This dashboard pulls together data about many aspects of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction services. This includes a wide range of measures covering primary and specialist services, including community and inpatient services. The dashboard is available for use by anyone interested
-
Youth services focus report
Published:
publishing in 2023. This report examines the trends in admitting young people (aged 12 to 17 years) to adult inpatient mental health services in New Zealand and reflects on perspectives gained from discussions with young people, whānau and family. We want to see zero admissions of young people
-
Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive
Published:
from 1 July after leading the Commission’s establishment efforts as Acting Chief Executive since it opened in February. Throughout 2020, she also led the early set-up phase as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission). “It’s with great pleasure I
-
Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain
Published:
mental health and addiction staff and reduce pressure on the existing workforce. “While we can and should take satisfaction from the progress made over the last three years, we need to ensure that people have mental health, wellbeing and addiction services when and where they are needed, and access to a
-
Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?
Published:
Details of how the 2019 Wellbeing Budget Taking mental health seriously funding was spent have been made public by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. In a new report released today, the Commission shows that 92% of all funding allocated had been spent or committed by 30
-
Working paper: Review of suicide and self-harm monitoring indicators downloads
Published:
included in our May 2026 monitoring report. The published data will provide the mental health and wellbeing context for people that we advocate for. As part of our broader influence and advocacy work we will maintain an independent view of the state of suicide and self-harm for people in New Zealand
-
Conceptual framework
Published:
Commission started this work, they wanted everyone to be able to have their say on how the system will monitor, measure and improve our country's mental health and wellbeing. However, due to COVID-19 they had to change their approach and target organisations that represent the people and diversity of