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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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, but more is needed to address pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. “The current health reforms, and the newly-created Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, provide opportunities to embed strong leadership in their operating models and enhance the focus on mental health
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Wellbeing outcomes for people who interact with mental health and addiction services
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especially pronounced for people who use specialist mental health and addiction services, disabled people and people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. Systemic inequities reflect broader social, economic and cultural factors beyond the mental health system alone. Addressing these disparities
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services
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addressing pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. In its report the Commission emphasised the importance of continuing investment in youth services as well as in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, and other community-based specialist services. "However, with $1.8
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Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move
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The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move. “People who are experiencing mental distress who arrive at an emergency department will
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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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Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant
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. “We must be vigilant, nevertheless, to ensure that no one is left behind, now that Omicron is in the community. There is evidence that some people who use specialist mental health services and addiction services are being left behind,” says Hayden Wano, Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing
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2025 monitoring
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about many aspects of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction system. Service monitoring data summaries | May 2025 Two new data summaries provide updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services, with the second one focused on addiction specialist services
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Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet download
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2023/24, there were 176,261 people who used specialist services. This is a decrease of over 3,000 fewer people than the year before and more than 16,000 fewer people than four years ago. Data source: Data in this factsheet is sourced from the PRIMHD dataset. We used an extract date of 23 October
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Mental Health Bill
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-making legislative framework for specialist mental health care. Regarding policy objectives, we welcome the Bill’s express purposes, principles underpinning limited use of “compulsory care”, and recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. These important changes will partially address policy problems
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Refreshed strategic direction – July 2025
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In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new