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Expansion of mental health crisis support services welcomed
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was made at the inaugural Hauora Hinengaro: He ara tūroa conference that Te Hiringa Mahara is co-hosting with TheMHS in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The additional funding will provide for a range of crisis support services. Funding an 40 additional frontline clinical staff for crisis assessment and
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Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain
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are pleased to see an improvement in the size of the Kaupapa Māori workforce compared with last year, with 29 Kaupapa Māori services contracted across 19 out of 20 districts. This included 17 additional Kaupapa Māori services established over the 2021/22 year. "Service capacity must scale up over
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More kaupapa Māori services
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options for non-Māori. We are already seeing changes, but we need to see more Currently, Access and Choice allocates 20% of funding for kaupapa Māori services, which is a heading in right direction. The growth in Kaupapa Māori services over the last year is very encouraging. The establishment of an additional 17 Kaupapa Māori services over 2021 and 2022 is commendable. There are now 29 Kaupapa Māori services contracted across 19 out of 20 districts.
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Mental health and addiction service access data collection
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form. These ask about: the most recent time people have supported a person to access mental health service, alcohol or other drug service, or gambling service a time when people have supported a person and they have not accessed these services. Additionally, both online forms have questions about
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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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investment in mental health and addiction services through the 2019 Wellbeing Budget, improvements in services have not materialised as we had hoped for over this time,” says Commission Board Chair Hayden Wano. “We commend the investment in additional, and much needed, primary and community services, but
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Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease
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monitoring work that Te Hiringa Mahara uses to assess how well the system is working. Our role is to draw attention to areas where improvements are needed as well as highlighting where things are working well. Additional monitoring information on the 2023/24 year will be released in coming months. Read the Access to specialist mental health and addiction services, 2023/24 factsheet
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Rural communities respond well to pandemic, despite challenges
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The COVID-19 pandemic has added additional stress to the rural community, which itself faces different wellbeing challenges to those of urban Aotearoa. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report, The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing
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Bigger role for mental health and addiction peer support workforce called for
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part of the frontline workforce, but they have a wider role too. Alongside other lived experience roles, they can help transform the landscape of mental health and addiction services,” Ms Orsborn said. “There is huge potential for further development of the Māori peer workforce to
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Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices
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the stresses of transition. We commend the 2019 Wellbeing Budget $1.9 billion cross-agency investment in mental wellbeing, and the additional Budget 2022 investment of $100 million for mental health, including community acute options and crisis services. Ending coercion and transforming our mental
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Governance
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Chair of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Hayden has over 40 years health sector experience in mental health, community and medical services, and was the former Director of Clinical Services at Taranaki Healthcare Limited. Hayden has held a wide range of governance positions