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  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    picture of the system available. More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23. However, the number of people

  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. “Access to appropriate services when and where they are needed is very important to people seeking

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    access to education opportunities, appropriate housing, and adequate incomes,” said report lead Dr Ella Cullen, Te Hiringa Mahara Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights. “We know that improved mental health and wellbeing for people is driven by things that are out of their control. One

  • Closed consultations

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    People with lived experience of mental distress and people with lived experience of addiction helped us understand how the Access and Choice programme going three years after its establishment to support more people earlier. Rangatahi Māori and young people from diverse backgrounds were involved in our report on youth wellbeing .

  • More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges

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    More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality. This is

  • Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord

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    Tuarua: 2023 Youth services focus report (May 2023) Ka whakahuatau te rangatahi mō te Toiora / Youth wellbeing insights report (May 2023) Access and Choice Programme: Improvising access and choice for youth report (2022)

  • Access and choice landing page

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  • Access and Choice Programme 2025 report downloads

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    Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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     approaches, giving NGOs, iwi, and other organisations the freedom to support their communities in the way that works best for them. Having access to the right kinds of support that work for different populations will be important to maintaining and improving wellbeing. Beyond improving access

  • Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?

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    the government. In an upcoming report, we’ll take a closer look at the Access and Choice programme following its five-year roll-out milestone,” Ms Orsborn said. Read the investment report