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Displaying 1 - 10 results of 56 for "mental health and addictions services 2021/2022"
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Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord
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Mahara. We are advocating for: Expand access to youth mental health and addiction services in all localities Reduce the number of rangatahi Māori and young people admitted to adult in-patient mental health services to zero A focus on addressing the drivers of wellbeing for rangatahi and young
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Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health
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. Building on the voices of thousands of people who contributed to the landmark Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry, and people we’ve heard from since being established in early 2021, these are our priorities for the new minister: provide more mental health services specifically designed
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Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever
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More evidence of the state of New Zealand youth mental health — Youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services assessment — has been released today and shows that while most youth and rangatahi are doing well, there is a steady decline in youth wellbeing in comparison to older age groups more
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More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services
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More investment in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services is needed to ensure the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori. Despite funding increases over the past five years more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding. 
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New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report
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accessing specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over a five-year time frame. In 2022/23, 3.4% of the population accessed a specialist service, a decrease from 3.8% in 2018/19. This is a drop of 9,000 people using these services. Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for
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Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa
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recommendations in He Ara Oranga : Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, has a particular focus on people with mild-to-moderate mental health and addiction needs and improving access to primary mental health, wellbeing and addiction services, including in Kaupapa Māori, Pacific
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Mental health and wellbeing must be a high priority in health system transformation
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and wellbeing is to people and echo their calls for a continued focus on delivering tangible improvements.” The Commission welcomes the much-needed investment in primary and community care since 2019, the Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services, and the
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Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner
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growth of our lived experience and broader mental health sector networks across both countries,” she said. Board chair Hayden Wano said “it will be sad to lose Taimi’s commitment and decades of involvement in services. She brought her whole life experience to the work of transforming our mental health and addiction system. We will miss Taimi and wish her well with this new leadership role.”
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Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen
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people's lives, have not always been as visible as the immediate health impacts of contracting COVID-19 and getting well again, but they are just as real. Mental health services and addiction services have continued performing at pre-COVID-19 levels, which is a substantial achievement
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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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service and addiction service monitoring report, Te Huringa: Change and Transformation , highlighted that mental health services and addiction services had maintained pre-pandemic levels of services, despite the disruption and competing demands from the pandemic response. Both the Commission