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Date: 28 January 2022

The College welcomes the opportunity to make this submission on transforming our mental health legislation. The need for replacement of the current legislation was strongly signalled in the He Ara Oranga report of 2018, and over recent years some issues have become prominent that need to be considered in the reform process.

This submission comes with a document outlining the nature and role of the College. In developing the submission we conducted several webinars with College members over late 2021 and early 2022. These were well attended and generated the points to be addressed in our submission. We also sought and received submissions by email which have been integrated into this submission. Because we received a diverse range of views we have presented both our final position on key issues, as well as comments that provided additional context to these issues. The College stresses that many of the changes needed for transformative change, are not part of the legislation, they are part of the operational context and necessary for the recommendations to be achieved. These include issues such as workforce development, funding models and configuration of services.

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