Health shake-up: What will it mean for mental health patients?
20 Apr, 2021 09:16 PM
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A 14-year-old Māori girl finally asked for help only to be told to wait four weeks. Photo / 123rf
A 14-year-old Māori girl finally asked for help only to be told to wait four weeks. Photo / 123rf
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A 14-year-old Māori girl in desperate need of mental health support finally reached out for help but has been told she had to wait four weeks for care.
By then, there s a high chance it will be too late.
Health system reforms: Grieving families speak out on end of postcode lottery care
21 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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All of New Zealand s 20 District Health Boards will be replaced by one, single national health body responsible for the running of all hospitals, the Government has revealed.
All of New Zealand s 20 District Health Boards will be replaced by one, single national health body responsible for the running of all hospitals, the Government has revealed.
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
A grieving widow whose dying husband was told to wait eight weeks for an urgent specialist assessment says she will grow old alone and her children are without a father.
Rainbow youth still facing stigma and stress but positive signs: new findings
Youth19, the latest in a series of surveys focused on young people in Aotearoa, asked 7,721 secondary school-aged students about their experiences of school, home and community.
Co-investigator Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland says that around half of the rainbow students in the study are coping well, and a sizeable number report positive environments and experiences.
However some, especially transgender and diverse gender students, are facing stigma and stress.
“The increased amounts of mistreatment and stress, particularly for some transgender and diverse gender young people, are known drivers that underpin the increased rates mental health challenges we are seeing,” says Dr Fenaughty.