Rising to the Challenge 100 Actions – from the Service Development Plan 2012-2017

Action number / Rising to the Challenge page / Action Description / Accountability
Overarching goal A: Actively use our current resources more effectively
1.1* / 12 / Enhance accountability by setting targets / Ministry of Health
1.10 / 16 / Provide services in ways that are efficient (as well as effective) / DHBs and NGOs
1.11 / 16 / Actively review duration of service use to ensure it aligns with need and best practice / DHBs and NGOs
1.12 / 16 / Improve service effectiveness; including cultural effectiveness / Ministry of Health, DHBs, NGOs and primary care providers
1.2* / 13 / Expand use of validated outcome measures / Ministry of Health
1.3* / 13 / Develop and oversee the implementation of a planning and funding framework / Ministry of Health
1.4* / 14 / Develop a nationally consistent set of performance indicators for specialist mental health and addiction services / Ministry of Health
1.5* / 14 / Nationally share information about performance, innovation and effective practice / Ministry of Health
1.6* / 14 / Better align funds spent by DHBs on mental health and addiction services with local population need / Ministry of Health
1.7* / 15 / Increase accountability for extending the scope of ring-fenced funding / Ministry of Health
1.8 / 15 / Improve specialist service performance using national performance indicators and service user feedback / DHBs and NGOs
1.9 / 15 / Maximise the percentage of staff time spent in direct service delivery / DHBs and NGOs
Overarching goal B: Building infrastructure for integration between primary and specialist services
2.1 / 19 / Support fit-for-purpose service configurations / Ministry of Health, primary care providers and DHBs
2.2* / 19 / Integrated IT system development / Ministry of Health
2.3* / 20 / Enhance collection and reporting of primary care information / Ministry of Health and primary care providers
2.4* / 20 / Enhance confidence and capability of the primary care workforce / Ministry of Health and primary care providers
Overarching goal C:Cementing and building on gains in resilience and recovery
3.1* / 24 / Enhance social inclusion opportunities / Ministry of Health
3.10 / 25 / Reduce and eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint / DHBs
3.11 / 26 / Promote wellness planning and support people to self-manage / DHBs and NGOs
3.12 / 26 / Improve service effectiveness through respectful engagement and partnerships with service users / DHBs and NGOs
3.13 / 26 / Ensure services are sensitive to past experiences of trauma / DHBs and NGOs
3.14 / 26 / Strengthen participation and leadership of service users at all levels / DHBs and NGOs
3.15 / 26 / Increase participation of families and whānau at all levels / DHBs and NGOs
3.16 / 26 / Improve physical health and wellbeing / DHBs, NGOs and primary care providers
3.17 / 27 / Enhance interventions for opioid dependence / DHBs, NGOs and primary care providers
3.18 / 27 / Work collectively to improve coordination / DHBs, NGOs and primary care providers
3.19 / 27 / Self-management education / DHBs
3.2 / 24 / Ensure robust planning for adult forensic mental health services / Ministry of Health
3.20 / 28 / Peer support services high needs / DHBs
3.21 / 28 / Employment specialists for service users / DHBs
3.22 / 28 / Early psychosis intervention / DHBs
3.23* / 28 / Youth-focused forensic mental health services / Ministry of Health
3.24* / 28 / Dedicated treatment programmes for repeat impaired drivers / Ministry of Health
3.25 / 28 / Acute inpatient alternatives to inpatient care / DHBs and NGOs
3.26* / 29 / Prioritised forensic adult mental health services developments / Ministry of Health and DHBs
3.27* / 34 / Evaluate pilot kaupapa Māori programmes for substance misuse prevention / Ministry of Health
3.28* / 34 / Fund mental health literacy programmes for Māori / Ministry of Health
3.29 / 34 / Raise awareness so that whānau can better meet the social and emotional needs of infants / Ministry of Health
3.3* / 24 / Measure outcomes and use this information to improve the funding and delivery of services / Ministry of Health
3.30 / 34 / Actively involve Māori in service planning / DHBs and NGOs
3.31 / 34 / Contribute to Whānau Ora initiatives / DHBs and NGOs
3.32 / 35 / Work together to identify and address disparities for Māori / DHBs and NGOs
3.33 / 35 / Evaluate service effectiveness for Māori and use this information to inform future funding and service development decisions / Ministry of Health and DHBs
3.34 / 35 / Reduce and eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint for Māori / DHBs
3.35 / 35 / Kaupapa Māori services / DHBs
3.36 / 36 / Fund mental health literacy programmes in vulnerable communities / Ministry of Health
3.37 / 36 / Improve the interface between mental health and addiction services and disability support services / Ministry of Health
3.38* / 37 / Build collaboration between mental health and addiction services and justice services / Ministry of Health
3.39 / 37 / Actively involve groups who experience disparities in health outcomes in service planning / DHBs and NGOs
3.4* / 24 / Continue to take action to address methamphetamine use / Ministry of Health
3.40 / 37 / Build the capability to address the needs of refugees / DHBs and NGOs
3.41 / 37 / Evaluate service effectiveness in addressing disparities of outcome and use this information to inform future funding and service development decisions / Ministry of Health and DHBs
3.42 / 37 / Enhance coordination between mental health and addiction and disability support services / DHBs and NGOs
3.43 / 37 / Work together to identify and address disparities / DHBs and NGOs
3.44 / 38 / Other population-specific interventions / DHBs
3.5* / 25 / Review perinatal and infant mental health services / Ministry of Health and DHBs
3.6 / 25 / Reinforce evidence-informed prescribing / Ministry of Health Quality and Safety Commission
3.7 / 25 / Enhance social inclusion opportunities / DHBs and NGOs
3.8 / 25 / Support service users in their role as parents / DHBs and NGOs
3.9 / 25 / Work to prevent suicide among people known to mental health and addiction services / DHBs and NGOs
Overarching Goal D: Delivering increased access
4.1* / 42 / Continue to support health promotion activities to raise awareness of the importance of healthy social and emotional development for infants and toddlers / Ministry of Health
4.10* / 44 / Mental health promotion programmes focusing on how families and whānau can support infant social and emotional development and on youth mental health / Ministry of Health
4.11* / 44 / Electronic self-management tools for youth - e-therapy / Ministry of Health
4.12* / 44 / Youth-specific prevention programmes / Ministry of Health
4.13 / 44 / Dedicated primary mental health and AOD programmes for youth / Ministry of Health
4.14 / 45 / Specialist mental health services for high-needs families and whānau with infants / DHBs
4.15 / 45 / Programmes for children of parents with mental health and addiction issues / DHBs
4.16* / 49 / Develop and implement a primary mental health and addiction service delivery framework / Ministry of Health
4.17 / 49 / Fund mental health literacy programmes / Ministry of Health
4.18* / 49 / Develop a suicide prevention action plan / Ministry of Health
4.19* / 49 / Enhance services to minimise gambling harm / Ministry of Health
4.2* / 42 / Pilot evidence-informed parenting programmes / Ministry of Health
4.20* / 50 / Continue and refresh the National Depression Initiative / Ministry of Health
4.21 / 50 / Enhance the delivery and integration of specialist mental health and addiction services within primary care / DHBs and NGOs
4.22 / 50 / Enhance the responsiveness of specialist addiction services to justice services / DHBs and NGOs
4.23 / 50 / Increase uptake of technology-based therapy programmes (etherapies) / Primary care providers
4.24 / 50 / Build capacity to respond to emerging mental health and addiction issues / Primary care providers and general health providers
4.25 / 51 / Implement the primary mental health and addiction service delivery framework / Primary care providers
4.26 / 51 / Self-management and wellness education in primary care / DHBs and PHOs
4.27 / 51 / Expanded access to evidence-informed psychological therapies in primary care / DHBs and PHOs
4.28* / 52 / Pilot dedicated drug courts / Ministry of Health
4.29* / 52 / Improved responsiveness to the needs of new mothers with high-prevalence mental health or addiction issues / Ministry of Health and DHBs
4.3* / 42 / Lead the cross-agency Youth Mental Health Project / Ministry of Health
4.30* / 55 / Review funding streams for mental health services for older people / Ministry of Health
4.31 / 55 / Promote wellness planning / DHBs
4.32 / 55 / Proactively engage families and whānau / DHBs
4.33 / 56 / Enhance the delivery and integration of specialist mental health and addiction services within primary care and health of older people services / DHBs
4.34 / 56 / Ensure addiction services are responsive to the needs of older people / DHBs and NGOs
4.35 / 56 / Enhance the responsiveness and flexibility of specialist mental health services for older people / DHBs
4.36 / 56 / Enhance the responsiveness of primary care and general health services for older people with mental health and addiction issues / Primary care and health services for older people providers
4.37 / 57 / Peer support services older persons / DHBs
4.38* / 57 / Specialist mental health advice and support for people with dementia / Ministry of Health and DHBs
4.39 / 57 / Community alternatives to acute inpatient care / DHBs
4.4 / 42 / Enhance the delivery and integration of specialist mental health and AOD services within primary care, schools and other child health services / DHB and NGO providers of specialist infant, child and youth mental health and AOD services
4.5 / 42 / Enhance the responsiveness and flexibility of specialist child and youth mental health and AOD services / DHB and NGO providers of specialist infant, child and youth mental health and AOD services
4.6 / 43 / Support a coordinated response to meeting the needs of children in care / DHB and NGO providers of specialist infant, child and youth mental health and AOD services
4.7 / 43 / Support a coordinated, multi-agency response for youth with complex interagency needs / DHB and NGO providers of specialist infant, child and youth mental health and AOD services
4.8 / 43 / Improve the responsiveness of schools and primary care, maternal, child and youth health services / Primary care, maternal, child and youth health service providers
4.9 / 43 / Implement youth-centred models of care within primary care / Primary care providers
5.1* / 59 / A mental health and addiction workforce with capabilities and motivation to implement this plan / Ministry of Health

Note: an asterix indicates actions the Ministry is progressing in 2013/14.