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  • Mental Health Bill

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    in the right direction to update the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. To embed a fully modern human rights framework in our mental health and addiction system, more work is needed to promote supported decision making in practice and reform other relevant legislation. We

  • 2024 service monitoring infographics

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    in practice and legislation that respects people’s rights to make decisions about their care and treatment and supports their capacity to do so. This infographic contains data about the use of selected coercive practices. We report this data as part of our monitoring of mental health and addiction

  • Our submissions

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    As an integral part of our advocacy work, Te Hiringa Mahara often comments on and makes recommendations in response to consultation documents, regulations, draft bills, and regulations that may impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in Aotearoa.   2025 submissions: Download

  • Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain

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    Considerable progress has been made with the Access and Choice programme rollout over the last year, despite significant challenges for the primary care and mental health and addiction sectors in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to the second report on the programme by Te

  • 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

  • Pressure on addiction treatment services highlighted

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    New analysis shows a 10.5% reduction in the number of people accessing addiction treatment services over the last five years raising concerns about whether there is sufficient capacity to respond to an increase in demand.  “Recent reports show drug use has increased, yet over the past five

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

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    Treatment Orders   under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. In this report, we intentionally bring forward the views of tāngata whaiora Māori, people with lived experience, family, and whānau related to the Compulsory Community Treatment Order process.  The

  • Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    Our first system performance monitoring report presents an approach to monitoring the mental health and addiction system. This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts. We present monitoring findings against the shifts

  • COVID-19 learnings can support communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle

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    infrastructure and digital connectivity; to build service capability and capacity with a focus on long-term primary and community options; and to keep watch on the most disadvantaged and impacted communities over the short, medium, and long term.  “Only by actively involving and empowering those who experience disadvantage, can we ensure a fair recovery for all.” 

  • Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease

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    Government and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. This included a call for Health NZ to develop a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025. “We will be keeping a close watch on access and will