Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey today launched the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, setting a clear 10-year direction to improve mental health and addiction outcomes for all New Zealanders. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn opposition, I said it was a huge mistake for a mental health strategy not to be included in the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Act, so I introduced a Member\u2019s Bill that was pulled from the biscuit tin in 2023 to fix the previous Government\u2019s shortsighted actions,\u201d Mr Doocey says.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, mental health deserves the same long-term direction and accountability as the rest of our health system. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs New Zealand\u2019s first Mental Health Minister, I am pleased to deliver the country\u2019s first Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy under the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Act. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is backed by a detailed three-year Implementation Plan that sets out the actions, milestones, responsibilities and reporting needed to turn this into real improvements people can see and feel. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Implementation Plan contains 50 actions to deliver faster access to support, more frontline workers, and a better crisis response. <\/p>\n
\u201cSome key areas of focus coming up across mental health will be: <\/p>\n
\tLaunch AI Navigation to enable people to easily access mental health and addiction services.\u202fOften, the first step in seeking support is the hardest, and many people don\u2019t know where to start. We want technology to help people find the right support at the right time.
\n\tScale integrated services across mental health, housing and employment.\u202fWe know that having a stable home and meaningful work can make a real difference to someone\u2019s recovery, and too many people still have to navigate these services separately.
\n\tImplement a national plan to eliminate seclusion. The Mental Health Bill recently passed prohibits the use of seclusion for people under the age of 18. I am committed to getting to zero seclusion for everyone, and this provides the path forward to achieving that.
\n\tCo-design a dedicated youth mental health and addiction roadmap with young people.\u202fNearly 23 per cent of young people aged 15 to 24 report high or very high levels of psychological distress, and we will work with young people to develop a roadmap that ensures their voices are heard and that support is designed around their needs and what works best for them. <\/p>\n
\u201cThrough public consultation we heard from almost 900 people and organisations across New Zealand. I want to thank each of these people for the role they played in shaping this release. Their voices will help deliver a mental health and addiction system that works better for New Zealanders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey today launched the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, setting a clear 10-year direction…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-560443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}