Submissions & Policy Papers

Mental Health Foundation policy positions
 

2011

Helping our planet and people to flourish. The links between sustainability and mental health 

The relationship between sustainable environmental practices and positive mental health

December: Director of Mental Health Reports 2005-2010, Summary of Trrends in Compuslory Interventions

December: Mental health and primary care from a health promotion perspective

An overview of mindfulness-based interventions and their evidence base

Measuring the whole of mental health at a population level

May: Police Tactical Options Community Reference Group Discussion Paper
 

2010

December: Flourishing and Positive Mental Health

 


Mental Health Foundation submissions
 

2012

February: Shared submission on the Crown Entities Amendment Bill

February: Green Paper for Vulnerable Children

January: Comments on Dunedin Towards 2050: A Spatial Plan for Dunedin
 

2011

May: Auckland Unleashed -The Auckland Plan Discussion Document

April: Comments on Driving Ourselves

January:Comment on the Review of the Medical Council’s statement on cosmetic procedures

February: Comments of draft Refugees and Protected Persons Chapter of the Race Relations Report 

2010

December: Submission on First New Zealand Report on Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

October: Submission on consultation document: Improving Access to the 2011 General Election and Referendum  for Disabled People

September: Submission on the Welfare Working Group Discussion Paper

August: Submission on the Section 7.3 John Wilson Ocean Domain Drive Management Plan

July: General Comment on Draft Human Rights Commission Chapter

May: Submission on the Auckland Social Policy Forum

February: Submission on the Alcohol Reform Bill

February: Comment on the draft Guidance Paper for Mental Health Primary Care. Towards optimal primary mental health care in the new primary care environment 
 

2009  

November: Submission on the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill

October: Submission on the Liquor Review Report - Alcohol in Our Lives.

September: Discussion paper: A FAIR DEAL? Insurance for people with a diagnosis of mental illness in New Zealand

July: Oral submission presentation to the Auckland Governance Legislation Select Committee on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill

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Appendix 2

June: Submission to the Auckland Governance Legislation Select Committee on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill

March: Submission on New Zealand's Human Rights Report on the UN Human Rights Council - Universal Periodic Review

February: Submission on Review of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 and the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (2009)

February: Submission on Domestic Violence Enhancing Safety Submission 

February: Submission on the Draft Strategy for the Community Housing Sector 
 

2008

November: Submission Universal Periodic Review

February: Submission on Review of Policy on Naming Providers in Public HDC Reports

January: Submission on Domestic Violence Act 1995 and Related Legislation: A Review 
 

2007

June: Submission on Electro-Convulsive Therapy to the Health Committee

March: Submission on  the Mental Health Commission Amendment Bill to the Health Committee

2006

October: Submission the Principles of The Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee

2004

November: Submission on Mental Health Information Strategy - Key Directions to the Ministry of Health

 


Mental Health Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) submissions

 

2007

Submission on Electro-Convulsive Therapy to the Health Committee

Submission on the Mental Health Commission Amendment Bill to the Health Committee 
 

2004

Submission on Improving Mental Health: Second National Mental Health and Addictions Plan 2005 - 2015 to the Ministry of Health 
 

Other groups' submissions

Alcohol Advisory Council of NZ

Public Health Association

Human Rights Commission

Families Commission

Mental Health Commission

Office of the Children's Commissioner

Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

Health Promotion Forum of NZ

Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Incorporated

NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations


Contact
jane "at" mentalhealth.org.nz

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