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Submission to COVID-19 Psychosocial and Mental Wellbeing Recovery Plan
Overall, we see the value in the plan moving forward however we do share our concerns around shortfalls of this plan that can perpetuate issues that we are already seeing in service delivery and outcomes.
Posted June 15, 2020
Executive Summary
- COVID-19 has adversely impacted our nation and as we move into a post-COVID19 world we expect to see the repercussions of COVID-19 in our communities. We welcome the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Kia Kaha, Kia Maia, Kia Ora Aotearoa: Psychosocial and Mental Wellbeing Recovery Plan to build upon the vision of He Ara Oranga. We play a pivotal role in New Zealand in supporting people with substance harm and gambling addictions. We understand the importance of this plan as we move into recovery, we wanted to add some brief comments based on our experience with our clients in our services. Overall, we see the value in the plan moving forward however we do share our concerns around shortfalls of this plan that can perpetuate issues that we are already seeing in service delivery and outcomes.
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