Mental Health Services in New Zealand exist to provide support, care, and resolution to individual problems for clients and their families. They are charged with improving the quality of life of people with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, suicidal thoughts and behaviour and many other issues of mental health. They are responsible for providing HOPE!
Tragically, this is not what is happening. While there are individuals working within the Mental Health Services who give their all to their jobs and do their best to provide outstanding care, they are struggling under a service top-heavy with adminstrative staff, a lack of decisive leadership, no clear codes of clinical practice, lack of communication between severely fractured services and in many cases, an entirely inappropriate model of care, called 'The Recovery Model". And this is only the beginning of the problems faced.
As a result, since 2006 at least 19 people, including Sally Fisher's son and the father of Sarah Henderson's children, have committed suicide while under Mental Health care. Many of our lost ones were inside Mental Health Inpatient wards at the time of their deaths, while others were sent home without any kind of treatment or supervision. Others have committed violent acts resulting in the deaths of entirely innocent parties.
We believe this is completely unacceptable. We all know or know of someone who has used or will use Mental Health Services at some point in their lives. It may even be you! We have set ourselves the goal of getting a government-led national inquiry into Mental Health Services nationwide. So sign, please, and help us change things for the better and create some hope in our beautiful country - for ALL our beautiful people.
This petition will be presented to Sue Bradford on Monday the 28th of April, at 11:30am. Send a link to this site to all your friends, please!
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