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Simon Kozak Editor
Fresh opinion - here first
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IN TODAY'S HORIZON UPDATE WE'VE GOT THE LATEST FIRST
Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, outlines progress by Parliament to repeal and replace the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.
Sonya asks " does it go far enough?"
Read the article in full here https://www.thehorizon.nz/far-enough/
With its 17 April report on the Mental Health Bill, the Health Select Committee has now passed the Bill back to Parliament to be finalised. This marks another significant step in Aotearoa New Zealand’s process to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act 1992. However, there are no wholesale changes to the Bill recommended in the report, despite many submitters stating that the Bill does not go far enough to meet its policy aims.