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  • Mental Health Bill

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    decisions about their care. Shifting to supported decision-making The Bill does not go far enough to enable the shifts in practice we want to see lead to better outcomes for people. The Bill’s second half retains substituted decision-making roles and processes that are largely unchanged from the

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    . The Commission urges the Government to be bold in work under way to transform mental health law, and to invest in culturally appropriate, community-based acute services to provide genuine choice for people and whānau, alongside the option of inpatient care. People with personal experience of mental

  • Leadership

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    the Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights, with a focus on cross-government system leadership, monitoring, and advocacy to address determinants of improved individual and whānau mental health and wellbeing outcomes. Ella will lead the ongoing development and implementation of the dual

  • Put an end to CCTOs

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      We are advocating for change from a coercive to a choice based mental health system. The changes we are calling for can be made now. Repeal and replace the Mental Health Act New legislation must be co-designed with people with lived experience of compulsory treatment, uphold Te Tiriti o

  • 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

  • Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission appointed

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    The Government announced appointments to the Initial Commission on 12 September 2019. Read the press release on the Beehive website .

  • Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing

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    The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today. We only need to acknowledge increasing levels of distress, and the many well-known barriers to wellbeing, to understand that much more needs to be done to support young

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    Whai Ora, Ministry of Health, Whakarongorau Aotearoa and other agencies.  Te Hiringa Mahara prepared this infographic report with the help and expertise of many people including rangatahi and young people driving decisions. A special thanks to our Expert Advisory Group co-chaired by Sharon Shea and Ihorangi Reweti-Peters with Dr Sacha McMeeking, Dr Jess Stubbing, Matariki Turuwhenua, Abdulla Shiblaq and Romy Lee.

  • More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges

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    according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Report . The report explores what has changed in mental health and addiction services over the last five years and highlights the pressing need

  • Older people contributed to communities during COVID-19, whilst dealing with impacts on personal wellbeing

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    Older people have contributed greatly to their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic whilst managing increased loneliness and a range of other challenges. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report  ​ The impact of COVID-19 on the