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  • Record numbers of New Zealanders reaching out for help

    Julie Anne Genter November 18, 2016 12:27 PM
    Record numbers of New Zealanders reaching out for help   Record numbers of New Zealanders are reaching out for mental health help and the Government needs to ensure that services are properly prepared and resourced to assist people, the Green Party said today.   The annual report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health shows an increase from 143,060 people seeking help in 2011 to 162,222 people in 2015.   “More New Zealanders than ever are reaching out...
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  • Young New Zealanders can’t afford to pay for doctor visits

    Julie Anne Genter November 17, 2016 4:38 PM
    Results from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) show that many young Kiwis are not getting the primary healthcare that they need, the Green Party said today. There has been an increase in the number of 15-24-year-olds who can’t afford to see their GP, from 12.3 percent to 16.2 percent. This represents 108,000 young New Zealanders who are not able to access the healthcare that they need. “Our young people need to be able to go to their GP when...
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  • Budget cuts hurting New Zealanders’ health

    Julie Anne Genter November 10, 2016 1:36 PM
    The eye health of 44 New Zealanders’ has been compromised, and some have suffered partial sight loss, because of an overwhelmed health system that is not able to treat patients quickly enough, the Green Party said today. The latest annual report from the Health Quality & Safety Commission into “adverse events” in our hospitals also shows a large increase in clinical management issues across the country in a range of departments, up from 205 in 2014-15 to 245 in 2015-16. Clinical...
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  • Housing crisis to blame for child rheumatic fever cases

    November 07, 2016 10:08 AM
    Children in Auckland are falling ill with rheumatic fever as a direct result of the Government’s failure to address the housing crisis and child poverty, the Green Party said today. Figures released today show the number of children with rheumatic fever in the Auckland and Waitemata district health board areas has stayed at the same level, despite a Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme running for five years now. “This is a stark reminder that the housing crisis isn’t going away, and...
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  • More New Zealanders join the call for a mental health inquiry

    Julie Anne Genter November 02, 2016 12:51 PM
    A petition from Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust presented at Parliament today shows that more people are joining the call for a mental health inquiry, the Green Party said. “Who else does the Minister of Health need to hear from to convince him that a nationwide mental health inquiry is desperately needed?” Green Party health spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today. “Time and time again, we have heard about the failings in our mental health system and why an inquiry...
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  • Young people forced to wait for mental health help

    James Shaw October 23, 2016 10:38 AM
    The Health Minister needs to urgently undertake a nationwide inquiry into mental health services, after new figures have revealed that young people are facing unreasonably long waiting times to receive follow-up appointments after seeking help, the Green Party said today. Up to 3297 young people around New Zealand had to wait longer than eight weeks to have a second face-to-face appointment with a medical professional in the last year after seeking help. The figures show wide variation between different District...
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  • Number of suicides reflects a broken mental health system

    Julie Anne Genter October 18, 2016 12:36 PM
    The record-high provisional annual suicide statistics released today by the Chief Coroner shows why the Government should urgently initiate a nationwide mental health inquiry, the Green Party said today. 579 people died by suicide in the 2015/16 year, which is the highest number of suicide deaths since provisional statistics were first recorded by the Coroner’s Office in 2007/08. “The number of Kiwis who are tragically taking their own lives reflects the failings in our mental health system,” Green Party health...
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  • Tax sugary drinks to help our children

    Julie Anne Genter October 13, 2016 11:27 AM
    More and more New Zealand children are being hospitalised for tooth decay issues, and the Government needs to implement a sugary drinks tax to help turn this around, the Green Party said today. Ministry of Health figures show the rate of hospitalisation for dental caries (or basic tooth decay) for young people has increased 13 per cent from 2008-09 to 2013-14. 6471 young people were hospitalised for tooth decay in 2012-14. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out...
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  • Weedkiller puts Kiwis’ health at risk, but you won’t even know you’re using it

    October 12, 2016 10:43 AM
    New Zealanders’ health is being put at risk by a chemical in commonly used weedkillers that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn’t even require companies to publicly disclose is in its compounds, the Green Party said today. At least 89 herbicide and pesticide products in New Zealand, including products commonly found in many Kiwi garden sheds, contain polyoxyethylene tallow amine (POEA), which has been named in today’s Pesticide Action Network monograph as having serious health effects. The EU Commission has also...
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  • Green Party releases Medically-Assisted Dying policy

    Kevin Hague September 22, 2016 10:01 AM
    The Green Party is today releasing its Medically-Assisted Dying policy. “Adults with a terminal illness should have the right to choose a medically assisted death,” Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said.  “The Green Party does not support extending assisted dying to people who aren't terminally ill because we can’t be confident that this won't further marginalise the lives of people with disabilities. “This policy outlines the medical and ethical safeguards that need to be put in place to ensure...
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