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  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    is forceful and traumatising. There is no evidence that it is effective, and in fact it can be counter-productive in terms of treatment outcomes. He Ara Oranga, the 2018 Inquiry into mental health and addiction, called for a repeal and replacement of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and

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

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    5 years. Young people face long wait times for specialist services. Children and adolescents aged 0-18 years wait longer for specialist mental health services than older people. Less young people were admitted to adult inpatient services. Young people have often been expected to fit into adult

  • Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease

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    publish further information in the coming months. We will also be monitoring progress with the recommendations we made in 2024,” Karen Orsborn said. “Ultimately, we want to see improved access to specialist services and this needs to be a top priority.” The factsheet released today is part of broader

  • 2025 monitoring

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    . Access and Choice programme overview | April 2025 This page contains all reports on the Access and Choice programme, monitoring progress on improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in New Zealand. Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet | February 2025

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    Service monitoring data summaries | May 2025 The following two data summaries include data on addiction specialist services and access to services. Infographics Specialist mental health and addiction services access factsheet download | February 2025 Download the new factsheet providing

  • Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

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    experienced admissions to adult facilities. “In the last year alone, 159 young people aged 12-17 years were admitted to adult mental health inpatient services – this is one quarter of young people who were admitted for inpatient mental health care. This is unacceptable. It needs to be zero. Adult and

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    disparities faced by Māori in mental health outcomes, and calls for the need for change to address these inequities.The tangata whaiora Māori who contributed to the report emphasised the funding disparity.  “Approximately 30 per cent of Māori will experience mental distress to the level categorised as

  • Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark

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    that will deliver for rangatahi and young people.” “The emphasis on the agencies that plan and fund services working together is the key to untapping collective effort that will make real change.” The Auditor General highlights how tailoring support to the specific needs of young people helps

  • Access and choice mental health programme stacks up

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    documents progress establishing the programme, with recommendations on how to ensure it reaches its full potential. “The introduction of the Access and Choice programme has filled gap in support and has substantially increased access for people seeking help for mild to moderate mental health

  • Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa

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    decision makers in Government and the mental health system to accelerate improvement to services and contribute to better mental health outcomes. We support the call for appropriate funding of health services with a focus on efficiency and equity and would add that access to a relevant range of mental