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  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    therapeutic value, and called for investment that will provide the choice of services needed to enhance safety for all. Karen Orsborn: Time to end coercive practices in mental health care OPINION: People in Aotearoa New Zealand experiencing significant mental distress continue to be subject to coercion

  • Leadership

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    2020, Karen led the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen has held a variety of health management and leadership roles that focus on improving outcomes for people through working with people and communities. Previously

  • Governance

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    Health Advisory Committee, and chaired that Committee when it existed previously. Kevin has held various leadership roles in business, government and community sectors. He was previously Chief Executive of the West Coast District Health Board and the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, and

  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    principles. We acknowledge the Committee’s work to achieve agreement on the proposed changes. Their efforts and engagement with complex issues in mental health law and practice, weighing up different perspectives and values, are a sign of democracy at work. At the same time, significant issues

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    , whānau, and commissioners or service providers, where power imbalances are acknowledged and minimised. Culturally safe Supports and services are experienced as safe by tāngata whaiora and whānau from diverse cultures.  Support is provided in ways that respects and values different worldviews and

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    ;  The challenges to progress are not confined to the size of the health budget. Having a workforce equipped to handle the challenges across all population groups is a top priority. We are calling for a detailed workforce plan to reduce clinical vacancies, and create a greater role for peer support

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    collection of quality and timely data. Government commits to funding a planned programme of work to collect mental health and addiction prevalence data by June 2025, to enable improved services and ensure value for money.  The report is supported by: a Voices report (thematic analysis of

  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised.  Key findings in the paper include: The peer support approach and values are critical to transforming models

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    Most young people reported good mental wellbeing and rated their family wellbeing highly in the four months preceding the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in August 2021 (however, mental wellbeing among young people may have dropped later in 2021). (1) Four out of five young people felt it was easy

  • Put an end to CCTOs

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    . Why is this important? People in Aotearoa experiencing significant mental distress continue to be subject to coercive practices despite evidence there is no therapeutic value.  Practices, like compulsory community treatment orders or seclusion, are enabled by: outdated mental health law (the Mental