$1.9b mental health rollout to get stock-take - Andrew Little
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$1.9b mental health rollout to get stock-take - Andrew Little

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Descripción de $1.9b mental health rollout to get stock-take - Andrew Little

The Health Minister is frustrated the government's huge spend on mental health is not trickling through to services on the front line.
On Monday Checkpoint reported the story of Kiana, who was forced to sleep on a mattress on the floor of a lounge in an acute mental health unit at Taranaki Hospital because all the beds were full.
She says the experience left her feeling dehumanised and feeling unworthy of proper help.
In the 2019 Budget the government set aside $1.9 billion for mental health - about $235 million of that for mental health facilities.
Cases like Kiana's are "never acceptable," Health Minister Andrew Little told Checkpoint. 
Little said he wants to see a "stock take" of the $1.9 billion funding rollout. 
He said he is talking to the Health Ministry about that now. 

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