Thursday, 15 April 2021, 5:39 pm The Ministry of Health has expedited the release of updated mental health data and collated publicly available information in one place to make it easier for people to understand the performance of the mental health and addiction system. Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said the Ministry of Health is committed to ensuring the highest level of transparency across all its programmes. “A key part of ensuring transparency is providing data and information in a timely way and we work hard to do this,” Dr Ashley Bloomfield said. “The breadth of information about people accessing mental health and addiction services, and the