Re Mental Health Prescriptions:

• The number of antidepressant prescriptions handed out at the DHB each year for the last five years (January to December 2016 to January 2020 to YTD).
• The number of people prescribed anti-depressants under the DHB  each year for the last five years (January to December 2016 to January 2020 to YTD).
• The number of antipsychotic prescriptions handed out at the DHB each year for the last five years (January to December 2016 to January 2020 to YTD).
• The number of people prescribed antipsychotic prescriptions under the DHB  each year for the last five years (January to December 2016 to January 2020 to YTD).
• The number of admissions to the adult mental health inpatient unit each year for the last five years (January to December 2016 to January 2020 to YTD).
• The total amount of DHB funds allocated to the adult mental health inpatient each year for the last five years (January - December 2016 to January 2020 - YTD), with brief detail of what the money was being spent on each year.
• The number of complaints relating to mental health care each year for the last five years (January - December 2016 to January 2020 - YTD), with a brief description of each complaint.
• Also, a breakdown of the number of these complaints that were investigated.

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• During which period was ECT used in gay conversion/aversion therapy at the Hospital?
• When did the hospital stop the practice?
• How common was this practice?
• Are there any records about the number of patients who received this treatment?
• Why was this used as a treatment?

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What is the total cost for the Inpatient Residential care and treatment provided for patient detained indefinitely, being found 'Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity'.

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• The pathway to access specialised eating disorder care within the DHB.
• Broken down by age and sex, the current number of people awaiting treatment for eating disorders via that pathway - i.e. through the DHB mental health team, or specialist treatment facility.
• The number of people admitted to hospital with an eating disorder or a suspected eating disorder, broken down by name of facility, age and sex, between January 1, 2010 and December 31 2020.
• The number of people who have accessed specialised eating disorder services between January 1 2020 and December 31 2020, by inpatient or outpatient status, sex and age.
• If not available within the DHB catchment area, where can patients access publicly funded, specialised eating disorder care?
• If eating disorder treatment services are contracted out and / or delivered by primary health care providers, please provide the name of the organisation delivering the service.

Tags Eating disorderEating Disorder ServiceMental HealthSIEDS

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For the last six years:

• What mental health services does your DHB provide?
  • Please provide details of inpatient facilities and number of beds per facility, and whether facilities are currently used at capacity.
  • Please provide details of outpatient services and services contracted to community providers.
• What addiction services does your DHB provide?
  • Please provide details of inpatient facilities and number of beds per facility and whether facilities are currently used at capacity.
  • Please provide details of outpatient services and services contracted to community providers.
• How many people do you treat on average every year in your mental health services?
  • Please provide a breakdown by inpatient and outpatient services.
• How many people do you treat on average every year in your addiction services?
  • Please provide a breakdown by inpatient and outpatient services.
• How many people are currently waiting for mental health treatment after they have been through an initial triage process?
  • What is the average wait time to access services?
  • What is the longest time someone can wait?
  • Please provide breakdown by inpatient/outpatient services.
• How many people are currently waiting for addiction treatment after they have been through an initial triage process?
  • What is the average wait time to access services?
  • What is the longest time someone can wait?
  • Please provide breakdown by inpatient/outpatient services.
• What is the process while patients wait to access addiction and/or mental health treatment?
• How many patients died after they were triaged but before receiving addiction or mental health treatment in the last six years?
  • Are you able to provide the cause of death for each person who died?

Tags AddictionMental HealthNumber of bedsWait list

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• Mental Health Unit data: name, location and number of beds for each mental health and intellectual disability unit (this includes forensic units)
• All reports carried out by the Ombudsman in the past five years on any one of these units.
• For each unit, please provide:
  • the occupancy data for the 12 months ending November 30
  • strategies your DHB employs to house and care for people in mental health and intellectual disability units if there are too few beds
  • most recent engineering/building report for each of your mental health and intellectual disability units again, this includes forensic units
  • self-assessment data collected by your DHB and submitted to the Ministry of Health for each of your mental health and intellectual disability units

Tags Bed occupancyFacilitiesIntellectual Disability ServiceMental HealthOmbudsmanReportable event briefs

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Number and cost of ACC claims for Specialist Mental Health Services (SMHS) staff as result of physical assault, and staff leave taken.

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Methadone dispensing by calendar year, & longest time patient received methadone.

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A copy of the Hillmorton Hospital Masterplan.

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For Māori and non-Māori referred to MH Services: referral numbers for each service, psychiatric diagnoses / how many engaged with a psychologist / number prescribed medication.

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• How many non-Māori are currently on a waitlist for psychological intervention with a psychologist?
• Māori specific MH - Criteria for acceptance into service?
• Number of referrals 2019/20 FY?
• Referrals for each service / diagnosis?
• Referrals accepted in absence of psychiatric diagnosis?
• Referral declined and reasons?

Tags MaoriMental HealthMHASPsychologists

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All Mana Ake KPIs. Who is the project owner for Mana Ake in Canterbury? What governance meetings are held? When are the next three scheduled? Who chairs this meeting. All Terms of Reference associated with mana ake?

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Mana Ake: Please send me through the operational policy document (or equivalent) that outlines the permissions you require in order to share information at different stages in the on boarding process.

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Psychotherapists employed by the DHB and CPD budget and spend 2018 and 2019.

Tags Mental HealthPsychotherapistPsychotherapy

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*Number of mental health inpatient facility beds at DHB by name of facility. *Number of people admitted as mental health inpatients who identify as transgender or gender diverse in the last 12 months. *total number of people admitted as mental health inpatients in the last 12 months

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Does the Board have a policy to prioritise Māori and/or Pasifika patients on elective surgery waiting lists? Pressures of deferred surgery due to COVID-19?

Tags Elective SurgeryMaoriSurgery

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Assaults last 3 years: Mental Health workers, ED workers, Maternity workers, Health workers.

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About Māori Mental Health services and Psychologists

Tags MaoriMental HealthMHASPsychologists

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The number of ECT (Electroconvulsive treatment) devices in hospitals.

Tags ECTECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)

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Does the DHB hold statistics of patients presenting/admitted to hospital with Lithium Toxicity?

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10249-10254 combined response: Grommets, Hips and Knees, Cervical Colposcopy, Colonoscopies, Cataracts, Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

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Cost of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for past five years.

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How many patients detained under the Mental Health Act: AWOL, suicide, disappeared, suffered an adverse event etc.

Tags AWOLMental HealthSerious adverse eventsSuicide

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Number of people who were put on a waitlist to access detox and rehab addiction services each year over past four years.

Tags AddictionDetoxMental HealthOpioidSubstance addictionWait listWait times

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Models of care for Hillmorton acute Mental Health ward

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Number of phone calls to the mental health crisis team over past five years.

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South Island regional specialist mental health services: A list of services? Total annual usage for each? Total annual budget? Usage by people resident Southern DHB? Info re non-inpatient service offered

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Regarding external review of Specialist Mental Health Service between January 2016 and November 2018.

Tags Hillmorton HospitalMental HealthPSAIDTe AwakuraTe Whare Manaaki

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Information about Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) whanau disclosure policy when involved with a young person.

Tags CAMHSConsentDisclosure policyMental Health

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Information about people placed in Nova Star for the purposes of treatment under the Substance Addiction Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act.

Tags AddictionMental HealthNova StarSubstance addictionSubstance Addiction Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act

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Number of patients treated at mental health facility methamphetamine and synthetic cannabis last five years.

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The relevant documentation, submissions and assorted material relating to the proposed restructuring of Te Korowai Atawhai.

Tags Mental HealthTe Korowai Atawhai

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Please provide data about the use of restraints in the Canterbury DHB for both Emergency and mental health services and identify the service associated with this data.

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Letter of concern sent to Ministry of Health re Intellectual Disability Service. Correspondence with Ministry of Health.

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How many psychologists are in paid employment within the various DHBs inpatient mental health services.

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Number of patients in your inpatient mental health units have died in the past year while being in the ward/unit?

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All information related to staff incidents at Hillmorton Hospital over the last three financial years.

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Number of hospital admissions for opioid and opiate use annually since 2015

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Information about the health response to the terror attacks in Christchurch during March 2019.

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Copy of draft wellbeing and mental health plan to respond to the Christchurch Mosque attacks.

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