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

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    complex cases. For example, vacancies rates sit at 22% for psychologists and 19% for psychiatrists. “What we’re seeing is that under-pressure services have constraints on how many people they can see, with some people not meeting the threshold to access specialist services. Some people can get

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    skills at the time. Our current mental health law overrides that right and discriminates on the basis of disability, breaching our country's obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It's important to acknowledge that mental health and addiction services

  • Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar

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    practices under the current Mental Health Act. The Government process to repeal and replace the Act is underway, but it is likely to be years before new legislation is passed and fully implemented. We call for new law, based on supported decision making, embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Ao

  • Webinars

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    health and addiction sector to find out how they can implement findings into their own mahi. Upcoming webinars There are currently no webinars scheduled. Please keep an eye out on our LinkedIn page for updates. Past webinars Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar,  26

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    ;  The challenges to progress are not confined to the size of the health budget. Having a workforce equipped to handle the challenges across all population groups is a top priority. We are calling for a detailed workforce plan to reduce clinical vacancies, and create a greater role for peer support

  • Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa: Mental Health: An enduring pathway conference 2025

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    responses are a challenge. The Government has a strong interest in improving crisis responses and has initiated sector developments to support this improvement. It is timely to come together to discover where system improvement has already occurred, what is currently underway, and how we can work

  • Technical Advisory Network

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    We are currently in the important stage of mahi (work) to develop the methods and measures for how we will monitor and assess the mental health and addiction system. Phase 1 of this work was completed at the end of 2022, and mahi will continue for measures where data does not exist or are not

  • Governance

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    currently a Board member of both the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce and Wise Group. Hayden holds a Master of Business Administration from Massey University and participated in a Senior Executive Programme at Columbia University. In 2017, he received the Taranaki Mayoral Award for Business Excellence. He is

  • More kaupapa Māori services

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    options for non-Māori. We are already seeing changes, but we need to see more Currently, Access and Choice allocates 20% of funding for kaupapa Māori services, which is a heading in right direction. The growth in Kaupapa Māori services over the last year is very encouraging. The establishment of an additional 17 Kaupapa Māori services over 2021 and 2022 is commendable. There are now 29 Kaupapa Māori services contracted across 19 out of 20 districts. 

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    refers to a person or group of people who have personal experience of an issue or situation. This personal experience can be current, recent, or in the past.   For Te Hiringa Mahara, ‘lived experience’ relates to personal experiences of distress / mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm