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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

Tukuna mai he kōrero / Have your say

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 framework.

The framework will support the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s function to monitor mental health services and addiction services and will be used to advocate for improvements to those services. This function was transferred from the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission when it was established on 9 February 2021.

Feedback was sought on three foundational questions to help the Initial Commission shape expectations for, and the approach to, the He Ara Āwhina service-level monitoring framework. The closing date for feedback was 9 December 2020.

What we asked

  1. Why monitor services? What do you see as the value and desired impact of the Commission’s function to monitor mental health services and addiction services and advocate for improvement to those services?
  2. Monitor what? What should be included as a mental health service and addiction service for the purpose of the Commission’s s11(1)(e) function to monitor and advocate for service improvement?
  3. How to monitor? Is the current Mental Health Commissioner’s Mental Health And Addiction Services Monitoring and Advocacy Framework(external link) ‘fit for purpose’ in light of the new Commission’s objective, functions and context? What other models, frameworks and approaches could inform the work?

How people provided feedback

People were able to give feedback to the Initial Commission in three ways:

The discussion document and submission form

The closing date for providing feedback was 9 December 2020.

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