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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.
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Lived experience
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We are committed to being a genuine, courageous and effective advocate for communities with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.
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Abuse in care report recognises life-long trauma
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The release of the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care marks a very important milestone for people who have experienced abuse. Following release of the the report Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn shared this statement.
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Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts
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good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough. People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose
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Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever
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Announcement of a an up-to-date picture of the state of wellbeing for rangatahi and young people in Aotearoa. The Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic was released in June 2024.
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New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report
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complex cases. For example, vacancies rates sit at 22% for psychologists and 19% for psychiatrists. “What we’re seeing is that under-pressure services have constraints on how many people they can see, with some people not meeting the threshold to access specialist services. Some people can get
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Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill
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Read our submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes) Amendment Bill.
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Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark
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We welcomed recommendations in the Auditor General's report Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders report released on 15 February 2024.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services
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We commend the Government’s Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction, particularly the investment in community-based crisis services, specialist child and adolescent mental health and addiction services, and Kaupapa Māori services.