Mental Health and Addiction Change Programme

Introduction

"Mental health and wellbeing for everyone, in our communities - individuals, whānau and communities supported by trusted health services that respect people’s unique sense of culture, spirituality and wellbeing."

Mental Health and Addiction services are changing so we can:

Support people within their local communities
Deliver modern, safe, high-quality, holistic care that meets people’s needs
Make the best use of our resources to achieve equitable health outcomes
Enable and support safe and rewarding places for people to work.

We will:

Work in partnership with Māori, honouring our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Provide opportunities to work with, and listen to Māori, Pacific peoples, people with lived experience, and disabled communities.
Ensure people are at the centre of the Programme, from initial planning through to implementation stages.
Draw on He Ara Oranga, Living Life Well, and other reports on the need to transform mental health and addiction services.

Get in touch

Email any feedback to mhachange@ccdhb.org.nz.

Latest news

Mental Health and Addiction Programme update: December 2022

Mental Health and Addiction Programme update: October 2022

Mental Health and Addiction Programme update: August 2022

Programme overview

Click on the image below to view a slide deck overview of the Programme.

Four areas of focus

There are four projects in the Programme, which complement one another but are able to progress independently:

Community Child & Adolescent Mental Health

To use the Choice and Partnership Model (CAPA) to its full potential to ensure responsive and consistent services for whānau
To support improved consistency and collaboration across mental health and addiction services
To improve timely access to services for whānau (reduce waiting times)
To improve equity of access to services for Māori and Pacific peoples
To enable positive and trusting relationships between children, adolescents, and their whānau, and service providers

Acute Inpatient Mental Health

To develop a contemporary acute model of care to inform facility design
To enable service improvements in preparation for the new facility
To engage with a wide range of stakeholders in the planning and design
To inform a design that enables flexible use of space to support enhanced therapeutic opportunities and less restrictive practices
To improve health and wellbeing outcomes through a therapeutic environment that recognises and supports cultural identity

Kaupapa Māori Mental Health and Addiction

To develop, in line with Te Rau Matatini best practice framework, Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services in Te Awakairangi, that support whānau Māori in a manner that preserves their unique cultural heritage, spirituality and wellbeing

Community Mental Health and Addiction

To enable the timely and efficient management of urgent & non-urgent referrals
To support local capability and capacity to respond to local needs
To design and pilot integrated locality based mental health and addiction services
To improve the ability of local communities and services to respond to local MHA need
To support improved co-ordination and integration across health and social care agencies
To improve the patient (consumer) experience of care
To support a more holistic response to supporting people and whānau wellbeing

Last updated 12 January 2023.

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Mental Health and Addiction Change Programme

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Introduction

Programme overview

Four areas of focus