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  • Have your say on a service-level monitoring framework for mental health and addiction

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    The consultation phase to provide feedback on the development of a framework to monitor mental health services and addiction services is now closed. The Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission provided people with an opportunity to have their say on the He Ara Āwhina service-level monitoring

  • Governance

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    a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and a chartered member of the Institute of Directors. Kevin Hague, Deputy Chair Kevin Hague, Deputy Chair. Kevin was a Board member of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. He is also the Chair of the Public

  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    help and their whānau. These targets will help focus effort on making sure services are available,” says Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Board chair Hayden Wano. “In our briefing to incoming Ministers we made a strong case for mental health and addiction targets to be developed, so it is

  • The Initial Commission

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    developed the conceptual framework, He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework. Report Wāhanga raraunga | Data phase Read and download our He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework data phase report. Report The Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Initial Commission) was set up to maintain

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 .

  • 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.  "We see this latest announcement

  • 2024 mental health and addiction services monitoring – update webinar

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    On 5 June 2024, we released Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun —our latest monitoring report on mental health and addiction services. This report focuses on access to mental health and addiction services and options available over the five-year period from July 2018 to June 2023. &nbsp

  • 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