Developing a Mental Health and Addiction System and Service Framework is one of the key actions recommended by Kia Manawanui Aotearoa – Long-term pathway to mental wellbeing. As the light bearer for delivery of the mental health and addiction transformation within the new health system, the System and Service Framework will be one of the most important tools employed to ensure the locality approach does in fact take a broad approach to mental wellbeing and decision makers place the mental wellbeing of their community at the forefront of actions.
In our letter to the Ministry of Health, we argue that the System and Service Framework should emphasise prevention and mental wellbeing more strongly, provide a phased action plan with clear accountability mechanisms, include an explicit action to address/eliminate racism, and align with and reinforce related strategic documents and frameworks such as the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s He Ara Āwhina monitoring framework and He Tapu te Oranga o ia Tangata (the national suicide prevention strategy and action plan) as well as the incoming new mental health legislation.
feedback letter (pdf)