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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy
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Commission calls for the Justice Select Committee to listen carefully to the voices of rainbow communities The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) appeared in front of the Justice Select Committee yesterday to speak to its written submission on the Conversion
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Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa
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services. “As the Commission notes, the arrival of the Omicron variant has exposed long-standing, fundamental weaknesses in our health system. There is little capacity in the mental health system to cope with shocks, there are entrenched inequities in access to services and better outcomes experienced by
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Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway
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benchmark from which we can monitor progress," says Board Chair, Hayden Wano. "We believe in a future where mental wellbeing is attainable for everyone and support the call from Mā te rongo ake to take a whole-systems approach to transformation. Through values-based leadership, working
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Where to get support
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violence. Vagus Line : free phone 0800 567 6666 (Mon, Wed, Fri 12 noon – 2pm) for the Chinese community. Victim Support: free phone 0800 842 846. Personal Advocacy and Safeguarding Adults Trust : free phone 0800 728 7878 for adults with care and support needs. For more information about where to get support, visit Te Whatu Ora’s website: https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/about-us/ and the Mental Health Foundation’s website: https://mentalhealth.org.nz/
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Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system
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representation of Māori accessing specialist services overall”. “There have been gains, with significant improvements to access for people seeking mental health and addiction support through a GP or other primary care services, however we are very concerned about the continued downward trend in the number
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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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Annual Report 2022/23 highlights
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on policy proposals and bills, such as the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, Therapeutic Products Bill and Manatū Hauora policy proposal to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act. We generated good coverage of the issues we’re working on in a variety of media outlets. Over the
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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
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New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?
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vitally important we continue to learn from people with first-hand experience of the Mental Health Act 1992. Their insights, ideas and approaches have potential to move us forward on pathways that are rights-based and offer safe alternatives to the use of coercive practices – they can guide both the
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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