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Thanks Grant.
It is a one day meeting and we will aim for 4 August, although I have yet to hear from others. Once I get a
more complete picture of people's availability I will confirm the date.
I may have to look at the following week but I will get back on that asap.
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kind regards
Jenny
Jenny Hawes
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Office of the Director of Mental Health
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Ministry of Health
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Grant Cooper
Hi Jenny Thanks for the email. I would...
12/07/2016 09:04:54 a.m.
From:
Grant Cooper
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Date:
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Subject:
RE: Invitation to Participate in a Reference Group
Hi Jenny
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Thanks for the email. I would prefer Thursday 4 August if possible as I have an important meeting on
th
Friday 5 August. And just to confirm it is a one day meeting?
Thanks
Grant Cooper
Team Manager
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3rd Floor Queens Building
109 Princes Street
P O Box 5021
Dunedin 9058
NEW ZEALAND
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Subject: Re: Invitation to Participate in a Reference Group
Kia ora Victoria,
And thank you, that is much appreciated.
Grant - I will be in touch once we are able to confirm a date. At the moment it is looking like Thursday 4th or
Friday 5th August is the date that suits most people but I haven't heard back from everyone.
I have sent an invitation to the National Youth Consumer Advisory Support Network, via Joyce Leevard
McDonald at the Werry Centre - for either her or someone in the network to be part of the Reference Group. Kieran
may wish to approach Joyce if he is interested in being part of it.
Nga mihi nui
Jenny
Jenny Hawes
Principal Advisor
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 2981
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
Jenny Hawes
Principal Advisor
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 2981
http://www.health.govt.nz
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Subject: Re: Invitation to Participate in a Reference Group
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Kia ora Jenny
Thank you for your message inviting Nga Hau e Wha to to be part of the
Ministry Reference Group advising on the Disability Action Plan.
We are pleased to recommend Grant Cooper for this role. His contact details
are:
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We have a question from Kieran Moorhead - our Auckland member, which
is: In the Terms of Reference it mentions that the reference group
will have the perspective of ‘tangata whaiora – young persons’, do we
know if the national youth consumer network has been approached to
take part at all? Are you able to advise us with regard to Kierans
query. Kieran is part of the National Youth Consumer Advisors Network
(NYCAN)
Nāku noa nā
Victoria
Victoria Roberts
Chairperson
Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz
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A national voice for people with lived experience of mental distress and
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On 08/07/2016, [email address] <[email address]> wrote:
> Tēnā koe Victoria,
>
> Please find attached a letter of invitation for someone from Nga Hau E Wha
> to be part of a Reference Group advising on Disability Action Plan (DAP)
> Action (9)(d), which relates to mental health. Also attached are the Terms
> of Reference for the Reference Group and the project scope. (Note the
> timeframes in the scoping document have slipped slightly).
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> Please contact me if you have any questions.
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> Jenny Hawes
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> Ministry of Health
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> http://www.health.govt.nz
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Dear Victoria,
Thank you for taking the time to make a submission on the discussion document,
The Mental Health Act
and Human Rights. Your submission will now be considered by the Ministry of Health, Balance Aotearoa
and the project's Expert Advisory Group. The findings will be presented to the Ministerial Committee on
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Disability Issues around mid 2017. Please contact me if you have any further questions about the
process.
Kind regards
Jenny
Jenny Hawes
Principal Advisor
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 2981
http://www.health.govt.nz
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Subject:
Fwd: Submission final (13)
Kia ora John
First my apologies for the lateness of this submission: Mental Health Act and human rights.
We did a major consultation around our networks and a large number of people contributed to
the final document.
As you can see from the message below the final was sent to me and it was my responsibility to
send it to you. Unfortunately that day I was quite unwell and I dropped the ball, not forwarding it
as requested by my colleagues.
Please will you accept it now in spite of it's lateness.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
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Here it is - the final. Just your last read over Victoria
Well done to all - and thanks Hee!
Mental Health and Human Rights NHEW Submission (13).docx
Mental Health and Human Rights
Submission form
Please take the time to make a submission. The final pages of this consultation document
explain how to make a submission and how to make sure it reaches the Ministry in time.
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There are also questions that might help you to write your submission.
Your feedback is important: it will contribute to a shared understanding of the relationship
between the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 and the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the New Zealand Bill
of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA). Your feedback will also shape recommendations to the
Ministerial Committee on Disability Issues on the alignment of the Mental Health Act with
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UNCRPD and NZBORA.
All submissions are due with the Ministry by 5 pm on Friday, 24 February.
The Ministry of Health must have your submission by this date and time. Any submissions
received after this time will not be included in the analysis of submissions. In making your
submission, please include or cite relevant supporting evidence if you are able to do so.
There are two ways you can make a submission:
fill out this submission form and email it to:
[email address]
or
mail your comments to:
Mental Health Act and Human Rights Feedback
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
WELLINGTON 6145
The following questions are intended to help you to focus your submission. It will help us
analyse the feedback we receive on the plan if you can use this format. You are welcome
to answer some or all of the questions, and you can tell us about other ideas or concerns
you may have as well.
You do not have to answer all the questions or provide personal information if you do not
want to.
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This submission was completed
Ngā Hau E Whā Representatives:
by:
(names)
Victoria Roberts (Chair/Central Rep South),
Tui Taurua-Peihopa (Northern/South Rep)
Keiran Moorhead (Northern/Northland Rep)
Guy Baker (Midland/East Rep)
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Jak Wild (Central/North Rep)
Julie Whitla (Southern/North Rep)
Grant Cooper (Southern/South Rep)
Ngā Hau E Whā expert advisor:
Dr Heather Barnett
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Address:
(street/box number)
4/171 Queens Drive Lyall Bay
(town/city)
Wellington
Email:
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Organisation (if applicable):
Nga Hau e Wha
Position (if applicable):
Nga Hau E Wha Chair
If you are an individual or individuals, the Ministry of Health will remove your personal
details from your submission and your name(s) will not be listed in the published summary
of submissions,
Please indicate which sector(s) your submission reflects
(you may tick more than one box in this section):
Consumers/
Families/whānau
On behalf of a group/organisations
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Questions
These questions relate to the Mental Health Act and its administration.
Part One: Overview of the Mental Health Act, UNCRPD and NZBORA
How well do you think the Mental Health Act does in promoting and protecting human
rights?
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Responses in this submission that use the words “person “or “people “refer to people with
psychosocial disability as per the UNCRPD definition
A. Mental Health Act:
The Mental Health Act breaches the UNCRPD and results in significant human rights
violations. The Mental Health Act also breaches the UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The rights of most significance to Nga Hau E Wha relate
under the Official Information Act 1982
to the following:
1. Right to information about human rights during MH Act application process,
while subject to MH Act including treatment and review
1.1 People are typically not informed of:
1.1.1 their human rights
1.1.2 their legal status
1.1.3 their right to a lawyer or advocate
1.1.4 their right to access friends, family (*supporters)
1.1.5 their right to access whānau, *hapū and kaumātua (*supporters)
1.1.6 their right to an interpreter
Recommend:
1.1. DHBs and their agents need to provide people, and their supporters, with
comprehensive written information, in an accessible format, about key human rights
during the MH Act application process and during each key legal change under the MH
Act
1.2. DHBs and their agents also need to verbally inform people, and their supporters, of
these rights as routine practice (irrespective of staff judgements about ‘capacity’).
1.3. Information about rights needs to be provided at multiple key points during the MH
Act application process, while under the MH Act, during decisions about treatment and
review, and while detained - as long recommended in NZ research
1.4. The drafting and publication of a national set of standardised rights information
documents, for use by all DHBs and their agents, that affirm people’s human rights while
in contact with the MH Act
2. Right to be free from arbitrary detention and coercion
2.1 The right to be free from arbitrary detention is inconsistent with the way the MH Act is
currently used and the way compulsory treatment is applied
2.2 People are effectively, arbitrarily placed under the MH Act
2.3 People are arbitrarily transitioned from voluntary status to compulsory status
2.4 Coercion (by way of the threat of compulsory treatment) is often used by clinicians
during the transition to voluntary status and while under voluntary status
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Recommend:
2.1.1 The MH Act needs to be significantly amended to ensure that it is
only deployed in
situations of
extreme danger so that it is not as part of routine practice
2.2.2 The MH Act needs to be specific about what constitutes ‘extreme danger’ and to
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2.2.3 The MH Act needs to align with other legislation about what constitutes ‘extreme
danger’ to others
2.2.4 National benchmarks need to be established to reduce the use of the MH Act and to
achieve a new norm of practice
2.2.5 Where benchmarks are not achieved, and the use of the MH Act remains high or
where it increases, DHBs need to be held to account by the Ministry of Health and
sanctioned accordingly
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2.2.6 Mental health services need to be available to meet the increase in demand for
services so that practitioners no longer have to use the MH Act as a mechanism to ensure
access to treatment
3.
Right to treatment information 3.1 The provision of full information about treatment is the exception rather than the norm.
3.2 Full information is not available when it is needed most, is not accessible, and not
promoted either to the person or their supporters, or in communities and places of
detention.
Recommend:
1. Information about treatment, treatment options, and rights in relation to treatment,
are:
1.1 visible
1.2 accessible
1.3 promoted to people and their supporters
1.4 promoted in communities
1.5 promoted in places of detention
1.6 information about treatment options
4. Right to information about District Inspectors
4.1 Information about the purpose, availability, person specification and contact details of
District Inspectors is poorly provided for.
Recommend:
1. Information about 4.1 is promoted and accessible in all places of detention
2. Right to utilise 4.1 is effectively implemented
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. Right to independent psychiatric evaluation 5.1 The right to independent psychiatric evaluation, by way of a ‘second opinion’, is rarely
promoted, routinely denied and not provided for through the current system.
5.2 The process for deciding whether a second opinion can be provided, or who will
undertake an independent assessment, is problematic as these decisions are usually
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made by a person’s delegated psychiatrist. When second opinions are obtained,
delegated psychiatrists typically utilise their colleagues, or instruct a less senior staff
member to provide an opinion. This practice does not constitute an independent review.
5.3 In the rare instances where second opinion decisions are made, it is rare for treatment
alternatives to be implemented.
5.4 There is a lack of independent assessment (undertaken at successive intervals) of
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treatment for people who are subject to the MH Act over many years
5.5 Statistics are not maintained about requests for second opinions, or the outcomes of
second opinions, which limits the provision of evidence based outcomes.
Recommend:
1. Implement a system of independent assessment by a practitioner who is not
working in the mental health service where a person is receiving treatment
under the Official Information Act 1982
2. Establish an independent assessment body (such as the Independent Police
Conduct Authority) for 1.
6. Treatment
6.1 People have a right to treatment options that are not funded or routinely available in
NZ
6.2 While subject to the MH Act people are typically forced to take medication, (often
multiple medications in high doses) irrespective of the medication being of any benefit to
the person and irrespective of significant adverse outcomes
6.3 There is a lack of independent assessment about the benefits to the person of
medication while subject to forced treatment
Recommend:
1. Meaningful treatment options are provided as routine practice
2. Non-medication treatment options are provided as routine practice consistent with
a burgeoning body of international research and as occurs in Scandinavian
countries.
7.
Medical model and ‘Responsible Clinician’ 7.1 The MH Act implicitly sanctions the medical model of practice which is a reductionist
approach that focuses predominantly on ‘symptoms’ and medication. This approach
marginalises and minimises kaupapa Māori approaches and other approaches that have
a growing evidence base, such as social and psychological approaches to treatment.
7.2 The MH Act legally elevates the role of psychiatrists above other professional
disciplines. This approach effectively reinforces a medical model and denies the role of
other practitioners.
Recommend:
1. Meaningful treatment options are provided as routine practice
2. Kaupapa Māori services are established throughout Aotearoa NZ
3. Social and psychological approaches are provided as routine practice
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B. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD)
1. There are significant changes required to the Mental Health Act, and within the mental
health system, to achieve compliance with the UNCRPD and its Optional Protocol, the
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New Zealand Bill of Rights (NZBORA) and the UNDRIP
1. Legal recourse
Recourse to the law for breaches of the UNCRPD are extremely difficult to pursue and
need to be integral to the implementation of UNCRPD
2.
Stigma and discrimination / Articles 1 and 5
High levels of stigma and discrimination in the mental health workforce, in education,
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employment and housing, and the wider community.
3.
Lack of awareness-raising / Article 8
The lack of government funding and provision of effective awareness-raising and
education about psychosocial disability and human rights
4.
Legal protection / Articles 5, 12, 13
4.1 People are excluded from the fundamental right to receive equal and effective
legal protection against discrimination on the grounds of disability
4.2 The right to equal recognition before the law is not protected when people using
services are:
a) not informed of their rights;
b) not informed about how the MH Act is being applied; and
c) when the MH Act is used arbitrarily rather than in situations of
extreme danger
5.
Liberty and security of person / Articles 3, 12 and 15 5.1 The high (by international standards) and increasing use of the MH Act (as reported in
successive Office of the Director of Mental Health reports) breaches the right to liberty
and security of persons
5.2 The disproportionately high use of the MH Act in relation to Māori breaches the right
to liberty and security amongst New Zealand’s indigenous population, as well as
indigenous rights specific to UNDRIP
5.3 The MH Act breaches the right not to be detained because of disability
5.4 As the rights afforded people under NZBORA are not absolute this leads to the right of
clinicians to undermine these rights as they see fit. There is no questioning of compulsory
treatment decisions or routine consideration as to whether less restrictive treatment
options could have been considered. These breaches of fundamental human rights are
impacted further by stigma and discrimination within the mental health workforce.
5.4 Our understanding is that the government is unable to provide an official reason for
5.1 or 5.2, does not deem there to be any urgency to remedy this situation, nor to
research causes or solutions to this practice.
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6.
Right to the integrity of the person / Article 17
The right to the integrity of the person is frequently disregarded when people are subject
to the MH Act. This is especially so in places of psychiatric detention. The treatments and
practices in these circumstances is often demeaning, humiliating, coercive and sometimes
aggressive.
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Right to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment / Article 15 7.1 The use of physical, chemical, psychological, environmental and social restraint
is the primary intervention used in places of psychiatric detention. While this
practice is currently viewed as normative it breaches Article 15
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7.2 Routine practices and treatments in the mental health system, that constitute
cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment, are sanctioned by the State
7.3 The practice of seclusion (effectively solitary confinement) and more severe
forms of restraint (e.g. bed/chair restraints, spit hoods, tasers), constitute torture
and cruel, inhuman and degrading practices for people in crisis and distress
7.4 The right to refuse any treatment is clearly abrogated by the MH Act giving
clinicians the means to impose compulsory treatment on a person. A lack of equity
also exists. For example, people refuse blood transfusions in New Zealand and
may and do die from their personal decisions.
8. Right to health / Article 25
The right to health is not protected. New Zealand’s ‘Equally Well’ initiative provides
evidence that people with a mental health diagnosis die prematurely, on average
between 15-25 years younger than people in the general population (Te Pou o te
Whakaaro Nui).
9.
Supported Decision Making / Article
When subject to the MH Act the right to supported decision making is not routine
practice. Rather, substituted decision making is currently normative.
The low number of advocates (peers and others), and the limits placed on people
to access advocacy when subjected to the MH Act, restricts the right to supported
decision making.
10. Service provision and staffing issues
In places of psychiatric detention, understaffing, limited restrictions to double and
even triple shift rostering, inadequate staff training, and poorly regulated staff
competencies all lead to fundamental breaches of the UNCRPD.
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What changes do you think are needed in order to make the Mental Health Act and its
administration more aligned with our obligations under NZBORA and the UNCRPD?
C. The legal framework
Various UN working groups, special rapporteurs and other expert advisors have repeatedly
informed NZ State parties that the Mental Health Act is discriminatory towards people with
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psychosocial disability and breaches the UNCRPD.
1. Immediate action is required to ensure that the MH Act (and all other domestic
legislation such as the PPPR Act, Public Health and Disability Act, Substance
Addiction Act) is amended so that they comply with both the UNCRPD, UNDRIP,
and the NZBORA. Amendments should ensure that all services to people with
psychosocial disability are provided with free and informed consent.
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2. Discussion, review, action and ring-fenced funding is required to promote and
resource alternatives to compulsory assessment and treatment.
3. The government urgently needs to acknowledge the full extent to which the MH Act
breaches New Zealander’s rights protected under the UNCRPD, UNDRIP and
NZBORA. A sector-wide work plan is required to address these issues in the interim
period up until the MH Act is amended or disestablished.
4. There is a need to ensure that all persons receiving or providing services directly or
indirectly related to mental health are always, and in all settings, cognizant of their
rights and responsibilities under domestic law and international obligations (e.g.
UNCRPD; UNDRIP). This requires a robust systemic process for promoting rights
across diverse services. It also requires repeat provision and explanation of
information by individual staff and services.
5. All signage regarding information on legal services including District Inspectors need
to be prominent and promoted wherever people receive services directly or indirectly
related to mental health. Auditing of this information requirement needs to be better
regulated, both within services and on services online promotions. Active measures
are required to ensure people are aware of this information and for services to rectify
immediately any failed audits.
6. Interpreters are required to be readily available, for all languages (including te reo
Māori and NZ Sign language).
D.The workforce
1. Promotion and increased resourcing of the networks that formally represent people
with lived experience of psychosocial disability are required. These forms of
representation are the most reliable, independent and quality conduit of sector
intelligence between persons with lived experience and the services and
government agencies that serve us.
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2. Pro-active recognition, assertive promotion, and increased resourcing is required by
State Parties of DPO’s and others that represent the interest of people with lived
expereince of psychosocial disability, to enable the flow of information and sector
development.
3. The established democratic networks of people with lived experience are the
regional networks (North, MidCentral, Central, South) and the national network (Ngā
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Hau E Whā). Other disabled persons organisations, such as Balance Aotearoa and
NAMHSCA, also play an important role.
4. The Independent Monitoring Mechanism that includes DPO’s as part of the
Convention Coalition Monitoring Group requires particulalr attention to ensure it is
truly independent and protected from State party ‘oversight’ or ‘political
interference’.
5. Urgent assessment of the current human rights skill base within the sector’s
workforce is required. This should be followed by a program of remediation to
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address all the issues identified including training, competency regulation, and
assessment
6. Staff need to be trained and competent to identify their own internal stigma and
discrimination to actively challenge their own internal assumptions and beliefs
7. The workforce requires increased access to supervision, with all supervisors
assessed around competency in all human rights legislation and the human rights
framework.
8. Staff should only be retained and recruited where there is a demonstrated human
rights skill base and a standard of cultural competency relevant to New Zealand.
9. The workforce should be well trained in the legal requirements afforded the people
in their care and are able and willing to use these skills to enhance the welfare of
those people.
10. In recognition of the need to eliminate seclusion (solitary confinement) forthwith, the
MOH should direct all services to immediately comply with, and be regularly audited
against, the Te Pou 6 core strategies to reduce seclusion and restraint.
11. Immediate and serious consideration should be given to address the high and
escalating numbers of Māori who are subjected to compulsory treatment. The
eurocentric nature of the status quo needs to be addressed. Regular Tiriti o Waitangi
workshops of varying degrees of intensity and depth are required to be mandatory
for the workforce to enable a more cultural competent focused sector to evolve.
Such competencies should not be optional, with trainings being mandatory, including
psychiatrists and other senior clinicians.
12. Health Practitioners who are recruited from overseas or other new arrivals who are
applying to work in the mental health sector should be required to complete cultural
competencies PRIOR to commencing practice.
13. People should have assistance to access any social services and government
agencies as and when they need them with the workforce upskilled to assist this.
14. Interpreters are required to be easily and readily accessible.
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Part Two: Mental Health Act – the Issues
5. Individual autonomy/consent
Do you think the views and preferences of tangata whaiora / service users are considered
sufficiently in decisions about their treatment? What is your experience?
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5.1 Removing freedom and forcing people against their will is distressing, disempowering,
creates further trauma and is antithetical to a recovery approach. Forced treatment clearly
breaches basic human rights and is not life affirming.
5.2 The promotion of the “Open Dialogue” approach successfully used in several
international contexts provides an alternative to forced treatment, to pharmaceutical
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treatment and would be a further step forward for New Zealand’s mental health system.
5.3 There is a need for greater understanding of a person’s capacity, intelligence, rights,
socioeconomic status, ethnicity and access to competent advocates and support people
5.4 There is a need for the workforce to be trained in and to competently uphold human
rights, and to understand relationships (especially between clinicians and the person, and
personal ideologies, cultural frameworks and sets of beliefs).
5.5. Consent to treatment is not taken as seriously as people expect. It is prevalently
reported that compulsory treatment via the MH Act is threatened when a person refuses
pharmacological treatment. Negotiation or compromise is rarely possible where there are
divergent views and when there is a power differential between parties.
5.6. People regularly report that their views, preferences and decisions are not
sufficiently considered and are the least relevant to any assessment or decisions made
by services and service providers.
5.7 While there is a lot of talk about moves towards involvement of the person in
treatment plans and collaborative note writing, this is typically not occurring at ground
level practice across the country.
5.8 People are rarely included in key treatment planning forums. A clear example of this
is the lack of involvement of service users in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings
where the team meets most often in the absence of the person they are reviewing. This is
a human rights breach and infringes the Code of Health and Disability Rights. It also
infringes the fundamental recovery and peer leadership approach of “Nothing about us
without us”. For MDTs to discuss a person without them present, the team should be
required to have that person formally ‘opt out’ rather than for the person to attempt to ‘opt
in’.
5.9 The take up, acceptance and success rates of reviews of compulsory treatment and
Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings are extremely low. A national action plan is
required to improve the take up and acceptance of hearings and to improve the success
rates of challenges to compulsory treatment.
5.10 The marked overrepresentation of Māori in compulsory treatment order statistics is
indicative of systemic racism that perpetuates psychosocial disability and associated
trauma.
A national action plan is required to significantly reduce the number of compulsory
treatment orders, especially for Māori.
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What is your experience of consultation with the families and whānau of both adults and
young people subject to the Mental Health Act, including in relation to treatment options?
Is it culturally appropriate? How could it be improved?
6. Treatment options
6.1 The evidence is that in most mental health services people are not listened to
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regarding preferences for treatment options, with threats of the MH Act being used to
enforce treatment, preferred medications being withheld, and unwanted medications
being imposed. Some experience a minority of staff who listen, observe, respect and try
hard to work in ways that will lead to recovery. Peers are seen to do this best.
6.2 The option of working with a peer should be available to all persons within the mental
health system.
6.3 People report generally positively on ‘talking therapies’ when this is an option and
under the Official Information Act 1982
provided. The system requires greater attention to the importance of high quality talking
therapists, and the training, employment and retention of persons who can provide talking
therapies. Given the statistics regarding trauma as a precursor to distress, talking
therapies should be readily available to all persons in the mental health system including
in ‘acute’ or ‘crisis’ services.
6.4. The workforce needs to commit to respectful engagement and collaboration with
family and whānau where this is agreed to by the person, and for this to be documented
as part of the person’s assessment and review processes. Family and whānau should
include whoever the person defines as this.
6.5 More family and whānau spaces are required in all settings. These spaces need to be
warm, inviting and readily accessible.
6.6 In places of psychiatric detention, a family and whānau area should be provided. This
should be located within the ward rather than external to it (as occurs at many facilities).
6.7 There is a need for equity between inpatient psychiatric services and other general
inpatient services re availability of overnight family and whānau beds.
6.8 The ‘Open Dialogue’ approach should be promoted across New Zealand mental
health services as this prioritises the involvement of family and whānau.
6.9 Family and whānau are generally not informed of MDTs, changes to medications, and
other major decisions made in relation to people. This can lead to distrust and acrimony.
Families and whānau who are welcomed by the person they want to support should be
encouraged to be as involved as they want to be. If socio economic reasons limit their
access to the system, resources should be provided such as travel and other necessities.
6.10 Family, whānau and service user funding does not take into account the many hours
and hard work that is required from families and whānau to support effective outcomes.
6.11 Inclusion of family and whānau needs to be the norm rather than the exception.
Advocacy and support
How might tangata whaiora/service user decisions be better supported?
What supports are needed by seriously ill mental health patients to make decisions?
What about those persons with mental illness who do not have support networks?
What is the role of peer support, independent advocates and advance directives in
supporting decision-making?
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7. Advocacy and Support
7.1 The right to well-qualified advocates, particularly those with peer experience, is
required for all persons, especially those under compulsory treatment orders. A well-
functioning national peer run advocacy service is required. There is a severe limit of
such services throughout New Zealand. The lack of advocacy services infringes the
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7.2 Advocates should be competent in all human rights legislation.
7.3 The advocacy and support workforce should be recovery focussed and less reliant
on medication as the focus of treatment.
7.4 Advance Directives should be actively promoted and provide legal status. It should
become standard practice that all service users have an Advance Directive and that
this is respected and acted upon.
7.5 All psychiatric assessment should include assessment of Advance Directive
under the Official Information Act 1982
obligations and promote the take up of Advance Directives. All services should be
required to ensure an Advance Directive is completed prior to discharging any person
from their service.
7.6 Peer support is very limited nationally with a lack of country-wide consistency of
peer support services, especially in places of psychiatric detention, with peer support
non-existent in many DHBs.
7.7 Despite the efficacy of peer run acute and respite services, this type of service
provision is limited. The establishment of peer run services requires urgent investment.
Checks and balances in the system
Does the current system of protections under the Mental Health Act adequately meet the
needs of people under the MH Act.What are the gaps and where do you think
improvements could be made, including for: Māori tangata whaiora /service users?Pasifika
tangata whaiora / service users? People from other cultural/ethnic backgrounds? Young
people? People with learning disabilities and cognitive impairments (including older people
with dementia)?
8. Gaps
8.1 The population groups listed above are added on to a largely Eurocentric
‘mainstream’ mental health system. There is ample evidence that one size does not
fit all. There is an urgent need to develop kaupapa Māori services that are self-
determining, embedded in Te Ao Māori, use te reo and tikanga, and are culturally
relevant to tangata whenua.
8.2 Initiatives to develop leadership roles for the population groups noted above are
required throughout the mental health system. This requires significant funding to
support people to develop these roles.
8.3 Addressing the inequity issues that currently exist for Māori should be given
urgent attention and be prioritised above all initiatives.
8.4 There is an insufficient number of and lack of resourcing for kaupapa Māori
services, Māori clinicians and Kaupapa Māori modalities. There is a lack of
commitment for Māori to head services.
8.5 Urgent priority is required to increase the size and capacity of the Māori
workforce, with increased training and retention initiatives across all services.
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8.6 Increased resources are required for Māori peer support and kaupapa Māori
peer services
8.7 A consistent decision-making model is required so that people are central to the
decision-making process of service provision.
8.8 Improvements are needed in family and whānau engagement
8.9 Peer advocates should have official status in all mental health court processes
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and be recognised by the courts on par with any other professional.
8e. There is a need for a comprehensive review of all legislation so that it is
compliant with human rights legislation both nationally and internationally (UNCRPD;
UNDRIP; NZBORA)
Respect for cultural identity and personal beliefs
under the Official Information Act 1982
What is your experience of cultural competency in the services provided under the Mental
Health Act? When should cultural assessment be used?
What do you think constitutes ‘proper recognition’ of whānau, hapū and iwi in terms of use
of the Mental Health Act? (This is set out in the Mental Health Act guidelines: it is not
defined, but it is described).
What changes would you like to see?
9. Cultural identity rights
In general health services, do not take a whole of organisation responsibility for ensuring
cultural competency. Often cultural competency, in working with Māori, are left to Māori,
thereby limiting the responsibility of this obligation.
9.1 Cultural competency varies enormously between services and areas. Cultural
competence requires increased funding, resourcing and commitment from services.
It is essential that all services have cultural competency programmes and leaders to
provide these.
9.2 To develop robust structures, Māori need to be represented in decision-making at all
levels and to determine the nature and provision of mental health services for tangata
whenua.
9.3 It is important at every stage of a person’s journey towards and within mental health
services that family/whānau are engaged and respected. Clinicians should be responsible
to engage a person’s family/whānau about aspects of the person’s il ness if they are
expected to be a part of their support group
9.4 Hapū, whānau, and iwi affiliations should be incorporated into the assessment and
treatment plan to ensure that cultural assessment is a key component of service delivery.
9.5 More resource for Māori to establish Māori peer support and kaupapa Māori peer
services will enable people to receive care in the community.
Compulsory treatment orders
Do you think the threshold for initiating, extending and moving people onto a compulsory
treatment order is too low? Please comment.
What is the impact on individuals of being placed under a compulsory treatment order
(inpatient or community) and on the therapeutic relationship between the individual and
their clinician/clinical team?
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Can the process of moving from voluntary treatment to compulsory assessment and
treatment be improved? If so, how?
What role does access / lack of access to timely and appropriate services (inpatient and in
the community), including early intervention and crisis resolution, play in people being
placed under compulsory assessment and treatment?
10. Compulsory treatment orders (CTOs)
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10.1 Over the last 10 years there has been an overall increase in the use of CTOs in New
Zealand. There is no credible justification for this increase. This practice is contrary to the
UNCRPD and New Zealand’s obligations as a signatory to the UNCRPD and at odds with
international best practice
10.2 Free and informed consent is a basic human right and integral to hope and lasting
positive outcomes. There is a substantial and longstanding international body of research
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evidence that demonstrates coerced treatment does not produce lasting positive outcomes.
10.3 Compulsory treatment is often the measure of first resort even though other practices
are known to support people effectively through recovery and to produce sustained positive
outcomes. The mental health system is currently overly risk averse and risk ‘management’
is routinely a priority for services rather than practices conducive to recovery, hope and
lasting change.
10.4 Compulsory treatment orders are by and large used as a strategy to control, contain
and coerce people to comply with medication regimes. This approach allows the
government to not fund and ensure provision of other treatment options (e.g. access to te
reo; access to Te Ao knowledge and kaupapa Māori services; peer support services; high
quality and affordable talking therapies; high quality and therapeutic art and music
therapies). It also means that the government as a whole is not required to work
collaboratively to address and fund the core social conditions that contribute to and
exacerbate psychosocial disability (e.g. adequate, affordable, safe and secure housing; a
living wage or universal living income; multiple forms of violence and abuse in families and
whānau; bullying in schools and workplaces). This practice undermines meaningful
recovery and lasting positive outcomes for people with psychosocial disability.
10.5 ‘Danger’ needs to be defined and located in the broader context of society. At the
present time ‘danger’ has a very low threshold and is applied in a discriminatory manner to
people with psychosocial disability. This disparity needs urgent attention.
10.6 The training and competency frameworks for mental health workers from community
support workers through to nurses and psychiatrists needs an overhaul as the predominant
bio-medical model is not working.
10.7 A relationship based approach such as Intentional Peer Support promotes much more
inclusive support where power and expertise are in balance.
10.8 The court space should be flexible and honour the treaty, i.e. be held in culturally
appropriate places such as Marae and away from places of psychiatric detention.
10.9 It is hard for a person to establish a therapeutic relationship or a feeling of trust with a
clinician or service that has instigated compulsory treatment. All therapeutic relationships
are compromised by the imposition of compulsory treatment including when it is instigated
by family/whānau hence the need to respect the right to free and informed consent.
10.11 The effect of using uniformed police to ‘apprehend’ any distressed person is
therapeutically disastrous. The use of spit hoods, ankle and wrist restraints and tasers
should not be used on any person experiencing acute mental health distress as the
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interventions further traumatise a person in crisis.
10.12 All police require training in mental health awareness and this should be delivered by
the peer workforce
10.13 People experiencing mental distress should be well supported by people of their own
choosing.
10.14 The offer of and contact with peer supports and advocates should be required
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whenever someone presents with mental distress. The process should not be rushed – it
should take as long as it takes. People need answers about what is happening. They may
need to go back again and again for the same answers.
10.15 The entrance and exit of people into psychiatric detention facilities should always be
via the designated front entrance.
10.16 Māori should be given karanga as per standard kaupapa protocol when entering
services, particularly inpatient services.
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10.17 Most crisis services are understaffed. This results in long waits and delays – even
when people have reached the emergency department. This untimely wait period
exacerbates symptoms and distress. The sooner a person is seen the sooner interventions
and options can be considered which reduces any crises. A maximum wait time for people
presenting in any setting in crises should be implemented with the standard regularly
audited for compliance.
Seclusion and restraint
What is your experience of seclusion and restraint? What do you think are the key
changes needed to further reduce (and eventually eliminate) seclusion?
11. Seclusion (seclusion) There is no therapeutic value to seclusion or the restraint that so often accompanies it.
Rather it is a behaviour management tool and punishment due to treatment failure.
The right to ‘company’, the right to liberty, and the right to freedom from torture, cruel and
inhuman treatment is denied to people in seclusion. Family, whānau and other visitors,
including advocates, are frequently denied access to people in seclusion without valid
reason. Statutory debriefs after seclusion are not always undertaken and almost never
include the person and or their family, whānau or other support persons.
11.1 Seclusion needs to be eliminated in places of psychiatric detention forthwith.
11.2 The Ministry of Health should direct DHBs to eliminate seclusion.
11.3 The 6 core strategies to reduce seclusion and restraint offered by Te Pou o te
Whakaaro Nui should be a mandatory competency for all working in places of psychiatric
detention. This needs to include everyone within any detention setting and by everyone in
the service hierarchy.
11.4 In recognition of the need to eliminate seclusion forthwith, the Ministry of Health
should implement an urgent national strategy for the immediate elimination of seclusion,
rather than individual DHBs (such as Tairawhiti, Taranaki, Southern) setting elimination
timeframes in isolation. The timeframe for elimination of seclusion should be a Ministry of
Health directive and not left to individual DHBs to decide.
11.5 Immediate and serious consideration should be given to address the racism that
exists, evidenced in the disproportionately higher use of seclusion for Māori.
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Indefinite form of compulsory treatment order
What is your experience of and view on indefinite treatment orders?
Compulsory treatment orders
12.1 Indefinite compulsory treatment orders are a management tool for
people with the highest need who do not wish to accept the current
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pharmaceutical treatment regime.
12.2 These orders annihilate the right to freedom and liberty, the right to
a quality of life, and to recovery, and lead people to suicide and/or risk of
‘capture’ by forensic services.
12.3 The statistics for compulsory treatment vary widely across DHBs.
There is evidence that institutional racism is prevalent in the way these
orders are used especially for Māori.
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12.4 The right to justice is denied, with evidence of huge disparity
between those serving sentences under compulsory treatment orders
and those in non-forensic services.
Final comments
Is there anything else you want to tell us? If so, feel free to make any further comments
here.
There is concern with the submission process.
- The promotion of the review was extremely limited, with the dissemination of
the submission form limited in both peer and non-peer networks.
- The submission template was not accessible or user friendly, with formatting
issues such as tables and checkboxes not correctly formatted.
- There was a lack of neutrality in the referencing of the discussion document
with divergent views not fully provided.
- The discussion document was not reviewed or agreed on by the working
group.
- There are concerns about the exclusion during the submission process to
represent the views of people who transition to and from forensic services or
those who remain in such services long term. Everyone impacted by the
Mental Health Act should have had the ability to be represented in
submissions.
- There are serious concerns about the limited “partnership relationship”
between the Ministry of Health and networks that represent people with lived
experience of psychosocial disability.
- In partnering only with Balance Aotearoa the voices of people with lived
experience has been seriously eroded. Having only one organization that
effectively only represents Whānganui, and only one person’s views, has
seriously eroded the accountability and representation of people with lived
experience of psychosocial disability across the country. Ngā Hau E Whā
represents all
regions of Aotearoa New Zealand, is comprised of Māori and
non-Māori, and is led by a diverse group of leaders who experience
psychosocial disability. Ngā Hau E Whā recommends that future
partnerships include our organization as integral to the partnership structure.
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Hello Victoria
Thank you for your email. Before I can confirm Dr Crawshaw's availability on those dates, can you
please advise if Nga Hau e Wha will be held in Wellington?
I look forward to hearing fro you.
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Victoria Roberts
Morena Nina I hope this finds you wa...
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Morena Nina
I hope this finds you warm and well.
The next meeting of Nga Hau e Wha is on the 24/25 August.
I am just doing the agenda.
Does Dr Crawshaw have any space in his diary for either of those days?
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts BA(Psych),PGDipRehab I Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
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11/01/2018 03:24 p.m.
Subject: Re: Nga Hau e Wha dates for 2018
Thanks for sending this through Victoria and a very Happy New Year to you too. I'll pop these in John's
diary now.
I am assuming you will let me know where and when closer to the time?
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Kind regards, Merrin
Merrin Webster
Executive Assistant
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2213
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
Victoria Roberts
Kia ora Merrin I hope you had a great...
11/01/2018 03:03:56 p.m.
From:
Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
>
To:
[email address], "John Crawshaw/MOH" <[email address]>,
Cc:
Kai In The City <
s 9(2)(a)
Date:
11/01/2018 03:03 p.m.
Subject:
Nga Hau e Wha dates for 2018
Kia ora Merrin
I hope you had a great Christmas and that 2018 is spectacular for you!
I am writing to update you on the 2018 dates for Nga Hau e Wha's meetings. Please will
you add these into Dr Crawshaws diary
1/2 March; 24/25 May; 23/24 August and 1/2 November.
For this year we will be putting our guests into the agenda on the second day after
getting all the group business completed on the first day.
Thanks for your assistance with all of this.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts BA(Psych);PGDipRehab I Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
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Subject: Suggested stakeholders for message
Hi John
Here are the suggested stakeholders for you to send the message out to. Is there anyone else you think
needs to be informed? I'll come up and have a chat to Merrin.
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DHB CEs - DHB - CEOs (in external contacts) - also need to add Dale Oliff is Acting as CEO for Hutt
Valley: [email address]
GMs Funding and Planning - p-group DHB - Funding and Planning Managers
P-group Mental Health - DAMHS
P-group Mental Health - DAMHS/Clinical Directors
Co chairs of NAMHSCA [email address] and [email address]
Chair of Nga Hau e Wha, Victoria Roberts
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Platform Trust, Marion Blake [email address]
Regards
Sophia
Sophia Farrington-Pech
Senior Advisor
Internal and Stakeholder Communications
Communications
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
Mobile: s 9(2)(a)
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[email address]
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Subject: Re: Mental Health Review Tribunal Interviews
Morena Janice
I am available on the 8 June at 11-12. On the 14 June I would prefer 11-12 as well but can
rearrange things if necessary.
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Nga mihi
Victoria Roberts
On 19/05/2016 9:39 am, <[email address]> wrote:
Good Morning
Two applicants are unavailable for interview on 9 and 10 June.
Can you please confirm your availability by return email as follows:
8 June 11:00 - 12:00 - Interview
s 6(c)
14 June 9:00 - 10:00 or 11:00 - 12:00 - Interview s 9(2)(a)
Thank you
Kind Regards
Janice Reeves | Executive Assistant to Dr John Crawshaw |
Director of Mental Health
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
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Subject: Re: February Meeting
Hi again
23/24 February
Nga mihi
Victoria
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On 17 January 2017 at 15:27, <[email address]> wrote:
Happy New Year Victoria
Nina Klauke is my current temporary EA. What is the date for the February meeting?
John
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From: Victoria Roberts
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To: "John Crawshaw/MOH" <[email address]>,
Date: 17/01/2017 03:26 p.m.
Subject: February Meeting
Kia ora John
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I am just sorting out the agenda for the February meeting of Nga Hau e Wha.
Can you please send the email address of your EA so I can arrange the times you are available?
Have a very happy 2017.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
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Subject: Fwd: Booking for Nga Hau e Wha
Morena John
I was hoping you would be able to attend our meeting on the 23rd or 24th February.
I have been in touch with Nina Klauke as you advised me to but have not heard back from her
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about any suitable times for you.
Would you like for us the flag the February meeting and make a time now for the May meeting?
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Victoria
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Kia ora Nina
Just another request to see if there is any other times on the 23/24 th.
Maybe we should just flag it and aim for the May meeting.
Nga mihi
Victoria Roberts.
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From:
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Date: 24 January 2017 at 21:33
Subject: Re: Booking for Nga Hau e Wha
To: [email address]
Cc: John Crawshaw/MOH <[email address]>
Kia ora Nina
Thank you for your email.
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Unfortunately Nga Hau e What is only meeting on the 23/24 February so we need to arrange for
Dr. Crawshaw to speak to us on one of those days. Failing that we need to arrange times for our
May meeting which are a bit further down the track.
At this time I don't have others booked for other times on either of those days (23/24 Feb) so
hopefully we can find a time that Dr. Crawshaw can fit us in.
Look forward to hearing from you again.
Nga mihi
Victoria Roberts
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On 24/01/2017 4:20 pm, <[email address]> wrote:
Hello Victoria
Thank you for your email, I have been on leave and have just seen your email. Unfortunately Dr
Crawshaw is attending another meeting on that date, could I suggest Monday 27 February between
2pm and 3pm or 11am to 12 am on Wednesday 1 March 2017.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards
Nina Klauke
Executive Assistant
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Level 2 133 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
DDI: 04 496 2213
From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: [email address],
Cc: "John Crawshaw/MOH" <[email address]>
Date: 17/01/2017 05:18 p.m.
Subject: Booking for Nga Hau e Wha
Kia ora Nina
Please could you fit the next meeting of Nga Hau e Wha into Dr Crawshaw's diary.
Is he available between 10-11am on Feb 23rd?
I have other times available if that doesn't suit - please get back to me.
Many thanks
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Kia ora John
Thank you very much. That's much appreciated.
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On 23/02/2017 8:54 pm, <[email address]> wrote:
Happy to extend it until Monday of next week.
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mailto: [email address]
From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: "John Crawshaw/MOH" <[email address]>,
Date: 23/02/2017 01:22 p.m.
Subject: Extension for submission
Kia ora John
I am compiling the Nga Hau e Wha submission for the MHA and Human Rights and I am
requesting an extension to the date it is due.
Can I please send it to your office by Monday?
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
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To: Stephen Enright/MOH@MOH,
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cc: Rangi Johnson/MOH@MOH, Jenny Hawes/MOH@MOH,
bcc:
20/02/2018 02:37 p.m.
Subject: Re: Min C1800250 (Rberts) - Mental Health Sector
Hi Rangi
Looks good to me. I notice that one of the instances of Inquiry into mental health and addiction has an s
on the end of addictions in paragraph 3.
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In paragraph 5 I would replace you with Nga Hau E Wha
I encourage you Nga Hau E Wha to take any opportunity to participate when the Inquiry
calls for it, as your views are important.
My understanding is that Nga Hau E Wha had a representative take part in the Director of Mental Healths
review into the consistency of mental health laws work so that sentence is ok to keep in this ministerial :)
I note this reply does not address the point on how to best advocate to other ministers however this may
not be appropriate to address.
Kind regards
Sarah
Sarah Paterson
Advisor l Office of the Director of Mental Health & Addiction Services l
Ministry of Health l Manatū Hauora l www.health.govt.nz
DDI: 04 816 2489 l
My usual hours of work are Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
Stephen Enright
Hi Sarah, Could you please PR the at...
20/02/2018 12:42:27 p.m.
From:
Stephen Enright/MOH
To:
Sarah Paterson/MOH@MOH,
Cc:
Rangi Johnson/MOH@MOH, Jenny Hawes/MOH@MOH, John Crawshaw/MOH@MOH
Date:
20/02/2018 12:42 p.m.
Subject:
Re: Min C1800250 (Rberts) - Mental Health Sector
Hi Sarah,
Could you please PR the attached response from Rangi.
Kind regards
Stephen Enright
Manager
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2080
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Jenny Hawes
Kia ora Rangi, I am sure it is somethin...
20/02/2018 10:36:19 a.m.
From:
Jenny Hawes/MOH
To:
Rangi Johnson/MOH@MOH,
Cc:
Stephen Enright/MOH@MOH
Date:
20/02/2018 10:36 a.m.
Subject:
Re: Min C1800250 (Rberts) - Mental Health Sector
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Kia ora Rangi,
I am sure it is something we could help with. However, I will forward to Stephen Enright who is the
Manager in ODMH and who distributes the Ministerials amongst we advisors.
Did you have any luck with the other Mental Health Inquiry related letters. I think you were going to get
some advice from Oliver on the standard response. I contacted Amanda but she is in Palmerston North
this week and referred me back to Oliver. Happy to help.
Cheers
Jenny
Jenny Hawes
Principal Advisor
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 2981
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
Rangi Johnson
Kia ora Jenny I have another "mental...
19/02/2018 01:33:03 p.m.
From:
Rangi Johnson/MOH
To:
Jenny Hawes/MOH@MOH,
Date:
19/02/2018 01:33 p.m.
Subject:
Min C1800250 (Rberts) - Mental Health Sector
Kia ora Jenny
I have another "mental health" ministerial, this one from "Nga Hau E Wha" a group working in the mental
health sector, requesting a meeting with the PM.
Is this something your team can assist with? As a staring point, I have drafted a response declining a
meeting and providing standard information about the Inquiry.
Any further information and guidance would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Rangi
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Status
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Victoria Roberts
MINS: Mental Health sector
16/03/2018 With Analys
Rangi Johnson
Ministerial Advisor
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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21/02/2018 08:39 a.m.
Subject: Re: Nga Hau e Wha
It's at the Ministry but not sure which room it's in. Will let you know when I know.
On 21/02/2018 8:33 AM, <[email address]> wrote:
Yes, I have him concreted in the diary for you. Would you mind re-confirming the address for the
meeting please?
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With thanks, Merrin
Merrin Webster
Executive Assistant
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2213
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: [email address],
Date: 21/02/2018 08:23 a.m.
Subject: Nga Hau e Wha
Morena Merrin
I am just wanting to confirm that John will be attending our meeting Friday next week
from 9.30-10.30.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
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>,
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06/03/2018 12:52 p.m.
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Subject: Nga Hau e Wha meeting
Kia ora John
Just a message to thank you for your attendance at our meeting last week.
We always appreciate your input to our meetings.
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Sent by: John
To:
Bella Ansell/MOH@moh,
Crawshaw/MOH
cc:
bcc:
22/02/2017 10:39 a.m.
Subject:
Re: District inspector appointment round
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Last time we used a consumer from the region where the interview took place so I do
not have a clear preference so long as the rest of the panel is reasonably constant.
Happy with Victoria.
Bella Ansell --- Fw: District inspector appointment round ---
From:
"Bella Ansell" <[email address]>
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To:
"John Crawshaw" <[email address]>
Cc:
"Stephen Enright" <[email address]>
Date:
Wed, 22/02/2017 6:49 AM
Subject:
Fw: District inspector appointment round
FYI - please advise as to whether you would like the same person as consumer advisor rep at all
interviews and would you be happy with Victoria to fulfil that role?
Cheers,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: [email address],
Date: 21/02/2017 05:26 p.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Afternoon Bella
We have members in all of those venues who you might like to use.
I notice you say that you would prefer the same person in each location and I am available
for these as well.
Can you please check with Dr Crawshaw whether or not he is happy to have me or if he
would prefer we recommend another person for them all? I am okay if he wants another
member.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
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27, <[email address]> wrote:
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Hi Victoria,
I am facilitating the reappointment round for district inspectors for mental health this year. We
are in the process of short listing applications and expect to be holding interviews in April. As
in previous years we would like to have a Consumer Advisor sit on the interview panel. At this
stage there is likely to be 6-7 days of interviews held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington,
Dunedin and possibly Christchurch. Ideally we would have the same person sit on all the
interviews but due to the number of interviews and the need to travel we understand that this
may not be possible.
We have yet to finalise details of dates and locations so this email is just to flag with you that
this is coming up and check whether you think there will be advisors available during this
time, we can further discuss availability once these details are finalised. Happy to chat to you
about this further.
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
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>,
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Re: District inspector appointment round
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Thanks Victoria.
The short listing of applicants will be complete on Monday and after then we should have dates sorted
at which point I will be in touch again.
Kind regards,
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Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
From:
Victoria Roberts <
>
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address],
Date:
22/02/2017 11:07 p.m.
Subject:
Re: District inspector appointment round
Kia ora Bella.
I am happy to get people from those regions to sit on the panels.
In Christchurch we have Julie Whitla and in Auckland we have Kieran Moorheed
Just let me know if you want me to approach them.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
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On 22 February 2017 at 10:
55, <[email address]> wrote:
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Hi Victoria,
Thank you for your reply.
John has advised that he does not have a preference for the consistency of panel members after all
- although he is happy for you to be present at all interviews if that would be the most convenient
option.
My thoughts are that it would be quite good to have a representative from the region in which the
interview was being held as they may have a more informed understanding of the issues relevant to
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that specific region.
Let me know your thoughts.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts <
>
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To:
[email address], Date: 21/02/2017 05:26 p.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Afternoon Bella
We have members in all of those venues who you might like to use.
I notice you say that you would prefer the same person in each location and I am available
for these as well.
Can you please check with Dr Crawshaw whether or not he is happy to have me or if he
would prefer we recommend another person for them all? I am okay if he wants another
member.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
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On 21 February 2017 at 15:
27, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
I am facilitating the reappointment round for district inspectors for mental health this year. We are in
the process of short listing applications and expect to be holding interviews in April. As in previous
years we would like to have a Consumer Advisor sit on the interview panel. At this stage there is
likely to be 6-7 days of interviews held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin and possibly
Christchurch. Ideally we would have the same person sit on all the interviews but due to the number
of interviews and the need to travel we understand that this may not be possible.
We have yet to finalise details of dates and locations so this email is just to flag with you that this is
coming up and check whether you think there will be advisors available during this time, we can
further discuss availability once these details are finalised. Happy to chat to you about this further.
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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Hello Bella
I am sorry that I am now not able to do the Auckland interviews.
I have asked the second Central Region rep to take my place in Auckland. He also lives in
Wellington.
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. I have cc'd him into this
email.
Thanks for your last email with the details for next Monday. Look forward to seeing you
then.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
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On 8 March 2017 at 12:
03, <[email address]> wrote:
Thanks Victoria.
You can say to reception that you are here for district inspector interviews and the room is GC.5
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
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To:
[email address], Date: 08/03/2017 11:16 a.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Thanks Bella
My address is
under the Official Information Act 1982
s 9(2)(a)
Look forward to meeting you next week.
Who do I say I am visiting when I sign in?
Nga mihi
Victoria
On 8/03/2017 10:54 a
m, <[email address]> wrote:
Great, thanks Victoria.
As a reminder our first interview day is this coming Monday in Wellington, the interviews will be held
at the Ministry of Health building on Molesworth Street. I am currently in the process of finalising the
agenda for the day. I will need to send you an information pack with all the documents relating to
the interviewees. Could you please provide me a postal address for me to courier these documents
to you?
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address], Cc: Grant Cooper
<[email address]> Date: 08/03/2017 10:40 a.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Morena Bella
Grant Cooper from Dunedin will be available for the interviews there.
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His email is
s 9(2)(a)
I have cc'd him into this message.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
under the Official Information Act 1982
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions On 7 March 2017 at 16:24, Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
> wrote:
Tena koe Bella
I have heard from our Christchurch member Julie Whitla and she is available for the
interviews down there.
Her email is:
s 9(2)(a)
. I am cc'ing this to her.
So far no response from Dunedin. Will be in touch when I hear.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions
On 7 March 2017 at 12:
15, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
That'd be great, thanks.
Kind regards,
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Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
under the Official Information Act 1982
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: [email address],
Date: 07/03/2017 11:42 a.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Morena Bella
Just to let you know: I am happy to do the Hamilton interviews. Also our Auckland rep is
not able to do the interviews on the date specified. He is studying at that time. If you need
me for those I am available.
I am yet to get confirmation from the Christchurch and Dunedin reps.
Nga mihi
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions On 7 March 2017 at 08:
56, <[email address]> wrote:
Thanks Victoria, much appreciated.
Would you (or another representative) be available to travel to Hamilton for those interviews?
Kind regards,
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Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
under the Official Information Act 1982
From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address], Date: 06/03/2017 04:44 p.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Kia ora Bella
I have written to our members in Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland to ascertain their
availability. I will pass you their email addresses as soon as I hear from them.
We don't have a rep in Hamilton.
I am available to do the Wellington interviews.
Nga mihi
Victoria
.
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions On 6 March 2017 at 16:
08, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
These are the proposed dates for DI interviews (possibly subject to change):
Wellington Monday 13 March
Hamilton
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Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 March
Christchurch Tuesday 28 March
Dunedin Friday 7 April
Auckland Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 April
under the Official Information Act 1982
There will be 5-7 interviews held per day, exact locations are yet to be finalised but I will update as
soon as I can.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts <
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address], Date: 21/02/2017 05:26 p.m.
Subject: Re: District inspector appointment round
Afternoon Bella
We have members in all of those venues who you might like to use.
I notice you say that you would prefer the same person in each location and I am available
for these as well.
Can you please check with Dr Crawshaw whether or not he is happy to have me or if he
would prefer we recommend another person for them all? I am okay if he wants another
member.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
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The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions On 21 February 2017 at 15:
27, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
under the Official Information Act 1982
I am facilitating the reappointment round for district inspectors for mental health this year. We are in
the process of short listing applications and expect to be holding interviews in April. As in previous
years we would like to have a Consumer Advisor sit on the interview panel. At this stage there is
likely to be 6-7 days of interviews held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin and possibly
Christchurch. Ideally we would have the same person sit on all the interviews but due to the number
of interviews and the need to travel we understand that this may not be possible.
We have yet to finalise details of dates and locations so this email is just to flag with you that this is
coming up and check whether you think there will be advisors available during this time, we can
further discuss availability once these details are finalised. Happy to chat to you about this further.
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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To:
John Crawshaw/MOH@MOH,
Enright/MOH
cc:
Bella Ansell/MOH@MOH,
bcc:
10/03/2017 08:41 a.m.
Subject:
Fw: Wellington DI interviews 13 March
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Hi John,
I don't think this is a conflict. Any person can come and sit in the High Court and watch legal
proceedings if they are open to the public.
Kind regards
under the Official Information Act 1982
Stephen Enright
Team Leader
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2080
http://www.moh.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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From:
Bella Ansell/MOH
To:
Stephen Enright/MOH@MOH,
Date:
10/03/2017 08:36 a.m.
Subject:
Fw: Wellington DI interviews 13 March
Thoughts?
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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From:
Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address],
Date:
10/03/2017 08:17 a.m.
Subject:
Re: Wellington DI interviews 13 March
Morena Bella
I got the couriered information you sent.Thank you.
I began reading last night and I realised that I may have a conflict of interest with s 9(2)
I hope you can tell me if it is in fact a conflict and what to do about it if it is a
(a)
conflict.
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s 9(2)(a)
I have been following that case closely and was in court for the majority of the
sitting days when that was being held late last year.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
under the Official Information Act 1982
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions
On 8 March 2017 at 16:
02, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi all -
First off - thank you to everyone for assisting in scheduling these interviews.
Our first interview day is in Wellington this coming Monday (13th March).
The schedule is as follows:
s 9(2)(a)
s 9(2)(a)
The yellow names denotes new applicants and the green those that are current DIs. I have notified
all interviewees and they have confirmed their attendance.
I am in the process of putting all the documentation together that I will distribute to you tomorrow.
Let me know if you would like to discuss any of this.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
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Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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Sent by: Bella Ansell/MOH
To:
"Victoria Roberts" <
>,
s 9(2)(a)
cc:
13/03/2017 09:15 a.m.
bcc:
Subject:
DI interviews schedule
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Hi Victoria,
Here are the details for the Hamilton DI interviews you will be assisting with:
s 9(2)(a)
under the Official Information Act 1982
I will courier you the required documents when available.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
Sent by: Bella Ansell/MOH
To:
Nina Klauke/MOH@MOH,
cc:
13/03/2017 12:58 p.m.
bcc:
Subject:
DI interview travel
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Hi Nina,
The details of the Consumer Advisor members of the panel that you will need to organise
travel/accom for are as follows:
Hamilton - Victoria Roberts, [email address]
under the Official Information Act 1982
Auckland - Jak Wild, [email address]
Cheers,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
Sent by: Sarah
To:
Victoria Roberts <
>,
s 9(2)(a)
Paterson/MOH
cc:
bcc:
06/05/2016 04:50 p.m.
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Subject:
Re: Consumer representation on MHRT panel
Good afternoon Victoria,
Apologies for all the the emails. Monday 23 May and Tuesday 24 May are no longer proposed
interview dates due to other panel members availability. Thus currently the only proposed dates are
Thursday 9 June and Friday 10 June. I hope to confirm later in the month following shortlisting when
Dr Crawshaw is back from leave in a couple of weeks.
under the Official Information Act 1982
Thanks again.
Best regards
Sarah
Sarah Paterson
Advisor
l Mental Health Protection
l Office of the Director of Mental Health
l
Ministry of Health
l Po Box 5013
l Wellington 6145
DDI: 04 816 2489
l
http://www.health.govt.nz
l
[email address]
l
My usual hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
From:
Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address],
Date:
14/04/2016 09:34 a.m.
Subject:
Re: Consumer representation on MHRT panel
Tena koe Sarah
Thanks for the dates which are now in my diary.
Nga mihi
Victoria Roberts
Nga Hau e Wha
On 12/04/2016 1:12 pm,
<[email address]> wrote:
Kia ora Victoria,
Sorry for multiple emails. I have had confirmation from one of the other panel members that they
are unavailable on Thursday 2 June, Friday 3 June. Thus the correct proposed dates are:
Monday 23 May, Tuesday, 24 May, Thursday 9 June and Friday 10 June.
Thanks for your patience
Best regards
Sarah
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Sarah Paterson
Advisor
l Mental Health Protection
l Office of the Director of Mental Health
l Ministry of Health
l Po Box 5013
l Wellington 6145
DDI: 04 816 2489
l http://www.health.govt.nz l
[email address]
l
under the Official Information Act 1982
My usual hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
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12/04/2016 01:10 pm -----
Sent By: Sarah Paterson/MOH on 12/04/2016 9:10:08 a.m.
To: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
>
Copy To:
Subject: Re: Consumer representation on MHRT panel
Good morning Victoria,
Apologies, I realised I put the wrong dates in the below email. They all should be a month later, so
Monday 23 May, Tuesday, 24 May, Thursday 2 June, Friday 3 June, Thursday 9 June and Friday
10 June.
Best regards
Sarah
Sarah Paterson
Advisor
l Mental Health Protection
l Office of the Director of Mental Health
l Ministry of Health
l Po Box 5013
l Wellington 6145
DDI: 04 816 2489
l http://www.health.govt.nz l
[email address]
l
My usual hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
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12/04/2016 09:08 am -----
Sent By: Sarah Paterson/MOH on 11/04/2016 4:20:44 p.m.
To: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
Copy To:
Subject: Re: Consumer representation on MHRT panel
Good afternoon Victoria,
Thank you for confirming that Nga Hau e Wha would be interested in participating in the panel this
year, wonderful news. I have tentatively booked Monday 23 April, Tuesday, 24 April, Thursday 2
May, Friday 3 May, Thursday 9 May and Friday 10 May as possible dates for for John Crawshaw to
attend the interviews. I anticipate we will only need two of those dates and that we would endeavour
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to conduct the interviews in Wellington unless we have a significant number of applicants in another
location. What is your availability on the dates above? Apologies for the advanced notice, I am
heading on holiday on Wednesday until the beginning of May so am trying to get organised
beforehand.
Thanks again
Best regards
Sarah
under the Official Information Act 1982
Sarah Paterson
Advisor
l Mental Health Protection
l Office of the Director of Mental Health
l Ministry of Health
l Po Box 5013
l Wellington 6145
DDI: 04 816 2489
l http://www.health.govt.nz l
[email address]
l
My usual hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To:
[email address], Date: 07/04/2016 09:52 a.m.
Subject: Re: Consumer representation on MHRT panel
Tena koe Sarah
Thank you for your message.
Nga Hau e Wha has in the past assisted with the Mental Health Review Tribunal
panel interviews as consumer representatives and would be very happy to
participate with these again. In the past our members from Gisborne, Christchurch
and Wellington (myself) have attended at the interviews but we also have members
in Northland, Auckland and Dunedin.
I look forward to hearing from you again in due course.
Nga mihi
Victoria
Victoria Roberts
Chairperson
Nga Hau E Wha www.nhew.org.nz
s 9(2)(a)
A national voice for people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions
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On 6 April 2016 at 14:
32, <[email address]> wrote:
Kia ora Victoria,
Due to the resignation of the current Mental Health Review Tribunal convener Thomas Gilbert an
advertisement for a new lawyer member will be placed this week.
under the Official Information Act 1982
http://www.health.govt.nz/mhrtvac We anticipate shortlisting less than 10 applicants and plan on
conducting the interviews over a couple of days in May or June. We would be keen to have
consumer representation on the panel. I understand yourself and a couple of other Nga Hau E Wha
members were panel members last year. Is this something that you and/or other members would be
interested in participating in this year? If you have any questions please do not hesitate to be in
touch.
Thanks in anticipation.
Kind regards
Sarah
Sarah Paterson
Advisor
l Mental Health Protection
l Office of the Director of Mental Health
l Ministry of Health
l Po Box 5013
l Wellington 6145
DDI: 04 816 2489
l http://www.health.govt.nz l
[email address]
l
My usual hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (morning)
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[email address],
cc:
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s 9(2)(a)
bcc:
19/05/2016 09:54 a.m.
Subject:
Re: Mental Health Review Tribunal Interviews
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Morena Janice
I am available on the 8 June at 11-12. On the 14 June I would prefer 11-12 as well but can
rearrange things if necessary.
Nga mihi under the Official Information Act 1982
Victoria Roberts
On 19/05/2016 9:39 a
m, <[email address]> wrote:
Good Morning
Two applicants are unavailable for interview on 9 and 10 June.
Can you please confirm your availability by return email as follows:
8 June 11:00 - 12:00 - Interview
s 9(2)(a)
14 June 9:00 - 10:00 or 11:00 - 12:00 - Interview s 9(2)(a)
Thank you
Kind Regards
Janice Reeves | Executive Assistant to Dr John Crawshaw |
Director of Mental Health Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection, Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2213
http://www.health.govt.nz
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[email address],
cc:
Julie
>, Grant Cooper <[email address]>,
s 9(2)(a)
s 9(2)(a)
bcc:
10/03/2017 01:35 p.m.
Subject:
Re: Wellington DI interviews 13 March
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Hi Bella
I have cc'd Julie and Grant into this reply.
If you don't get them please let me know.
Thanks for your assistance.
under the Official Information Act 1982
Nga mihi
Victoria
On 10/03/2017 11:54 a
m, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
I have raised this with my manager and he is going to get back to me this afternoon, he doesn't
think it should be a problem.
On a side note - could you please check the email addresses you provided for Julie and Grant as
correspondence has bounced back.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address] From: Victoria Roberts
s 9(2)(a)
To: [email address],
Date: 10/03/2017 08:17 a.m.
Subject: Re: Wellington DI interviews 13 March
Morena Bella
I got the couriered information you sent.Thank you.
I began reading last night and I realised that I may have a conflict of interest withs 9(2)(a)
. I hope you can tell me if it is in fact a conflict and what to do about it if it is a
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conflict.
s 9(2)(a)
. I have been following that case closely and was in court for the majority of the
sitting days when that was being held late last year.
Nga mihi nui
Victoria under the Official Information Act 1982
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psychology), PGDipRehab l Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions On 8 March 2017 at 16:
02, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi all -
First off - thank you to everyone for assisting in scheduling these interviews.
Our first interview day is in Wellington this coming Monday (13th March).
The schedule is as follows:
s 9(2)(a)
The yellow names denotes new applicants and the green those that are current DIs. I have notified
all interviewees and they have confirmed their attendance.
I am in the process of putting all the documentation together that I will distribute to you tomorrow.
Let me know if you would like to discuss any of this.
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
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Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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Ngā mihi,
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Stephen Enright
Manager
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 496 2080
http://www.moh.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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Sent by:
To:
[email address],
cc:
s 9(2)(a)
bcc:
12/04/2017 04:10 p.m.
Subject:
Re: Fw: Additional DI Interviews
Kia ora Bella
That will be just fine for me. I also have blocked out 26/27 as per a previous email on 31/3/17
Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psych), PGDipRehab l Chair l Central Region South I Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions
On 12 April 2017 at 13:
44, <[email address]> wrote:
Hi Victoria,
I hope I find you well!
Are you able to confirm your availability (or one of your colleagues) for a make up DI interview by
video conference to be held at MoH Wellington office on the 20th of April at 10AM?
We are also in the process of scheduling a second make up interview that wil also be held in
Wellington.
Kind regards,
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Bella Ansel
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:Bel a_Ansel @moh.govt.nz
under the Official Information Act 1982
----- Forwarded by Bella Ansell/MOH on 12/04/2017 01:41 p.m. -----
From: Nina Klauke/MOH
To: Jane Hubbard/MOH@MOH, Amanda Smith/MOH@MOH, Chas McCarthy/MOH@MOH,
s 9(2)(a)
Cc: Bella Ansell/MOH@MOH
Date: 31/03/2017 11:40 a.m.
Subject: Additional DI Interviews
Hi Everyone
As you know we have two more interviews to arrange (for the candidates that were unable to travel
to Christchurch last week). These wil be held in Wellington, one via VC and the other in person at
our offices.
Please advise if you could be available for the follows dates/times:
20/4 3pm - 4pm
26/4 9 and 10am
10 to 11am
11 to 12pm
27/4 10am to 11am
11am to 12pm
Victoria, if you are not available for any of these meetings can you advise if there is someone else
who could attend.
Please get back to me with your availability by Tuesday 4 April.
Many thanks and kind regards
Nina Klauke
Executive Assistant
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Level 2 133 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
DDI: 04 496 2213
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s 9(2)(a)
s 9(2)(a)
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Fwd: Auckland district inspector interviews
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Hi Bella
I’m concerned I have still not received any details about my accommodation, taxi chits and
flights Wellington/Auckland for the DI interviews next week Monday and Tuesday.
Can you please confirm with me today given it is the last working day.
under the Official Information Act 1982
I have received the documentation you sent on Wednesday. However, the documents were
left in my letterbox on the road, and due to the unusually heavy rain were quite wet.
I recommend that in future interview documents are signed delivery, especially given the
personal nature of the documents.
Kind regards
Jak
Jak Wild | Central Representative (North) l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
s 9(2)(a)
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jak Wild
s 9(2)(a)
>
Subject: Re: Auckland district inspector interviews
Date: March 13, 2017 at 10:54:44 GMT+13
To: [email address]
Hi Bella
My home address is best for documents to be sent to:
s 9(2)(a)
Have you the details on flights and accomodation yet?
Kind regards
Jak Wild | Central Representative (North) l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
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On 13/03/2017, at 9:25 AM, [email address] wrote:
Hi Jak,
Released Thank you for agreeing to sit on the panel for the district inspector interviews in
Auckland.
The details are as follows:
Monday 10th - Tuesday 11th of April
Day one: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Day two: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room TBA, Ministry of Health
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650 Great South Road, Auckland
Could you please provide me with an address to which I can courier required
documents to?
Kind regards,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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"Victoria Roberts"
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Nina Klauke/MOH@MOH,
24/05/2017 02:58 p.m.
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Subject:
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Hi Victoria,
The agenda for the Wellington interviews is attached - let me know if you also need the one for
Hamilton.
This doesn't include the two make up interviews that you helped with which were on the 20th (10 -
11am) and 27th (2 - 3pm) of April.
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Interview Agenda Monday 13 March.docx
Cheers,
Bella Ansell
Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 4369
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
From:
Nina Klauke/MOH
To:
Bella Ansell/MOH@MOH,
Date:
24/05/2017 02:53 p.m.
Subject:
Fw: DI interviews
Nina Klauke
Executive Assistant
Office of the Director of Mental Health
Protection Regulation and Assurance
Level 2 133 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
DDI: 04 496 2213
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From:
Victoria Roberts
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To:
[email address],
Date:
18/05/2017 01:46 p.m.
Subject:
DI interviews
Kia ora Nina
I have accidentally deleted the hours I worked on the DI interviews in Wellington and I
wonder if you would mind sending me the agenda for the Wellington interviews. I don't need
names but the times would be good if you can.
Many thanks.
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Nga mihi nui
Victoria
Victoria Roberts I BA (Psych), PGDipRehab l Chair l Central Region South I Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
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23/10/2018 10:50 a.m.
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Natasha Herron
Assistant Advisor
Mental Health Protection
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Mental Health and Addiction
under the Official Information Act 1982
Ministry of Health
DDI: 04 816 3438
http://www.health.govt.nz
mailto:[email address]
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From:
Giles Bollinger/MOH
To:
Natasha Herron/MOH@MOH,
Cc:
Stephen Enright/MOH@MOH
Date:
23/10/2018 10:29 a.m.
Subject:
Fw: June invoice MHRT
Hello Natasha,
Please see attached :)
Kind regards
Giles Bollinger
Advisor
l Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services
l Ministry of Health
l Po Box
5013
l Wellington 6145
l DDI: +64 4 816 3991
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From:
Victoria Roberts
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To:
[email address],
Date:
23/10/2018 07:55 a.m.
Subject:
June invoice MHRT
Kia ora Giles
I apologise for the late issuing of my invoice for the MHRT interviews in June.
Please find it attached.
Victoria
"You seriously don't know what load someone is carrying today - so just be kind"
Victoria Roberts I Co- Chair l Nga Hau e Wha
www.nhew.org.nz l
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The national voice of people with lived experience of mental distress and addictions
2018_6MHRT Invoice.xls
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Invoice
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Address:
Victoria Roberts
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Wellington
Invoice to:
Ministry of Health
1 The Terrace
Address:
Wellington
Invoice date:
14-Jun-18
Attn: Dr John Crawshaw
Director Mental Health Directorate
Invoice no.:
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Qty
Description
Price
Total
4
Mental Health Review Tribunal Interviews
$75 $ 3
00.00
Preparation x4
$150
Total Due
$ 4
50.00
Please submit payment via Direct Credit to:
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Please dettach and return with your payment
Remittance
Invoice No:
Director Mental Health Directorate
Total Due:
Payment Method: (Please Tick)
Amt Enclosed:
Direct Credit
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