connections and seize opportunities. CAPEs will do this by
working with business to understand needs and
the types of initiatives
useful for growing
My
My question is to the Minister of
levels of staffing are acceptable in mental health services
at Canterbury District Health Board when staff
are saying they are fearful for their
own safety and are feeling
anxious all the
own safety and are feeling anxious
I
I would like to start by congratulated the learned doctor
on his elevation to the
health portfolio and notice instant
impact on getting health moved from
question 1 to 11 on a Thursday.
While this an operational matter for the health board, any insults on
staff are acceptable as the general
manager for menial health
in Canterbury has said,
manager for menial health in
confident that our levels are sufficient to keep the
services functional and safe. It
doesn't mean incidents don't
functional and safe. It doesn't mean
Acting Chair of the DHB told the Health select
Health select committee yesterday,
The final thing I would say is the government increased mental
health spending in Canterbury
government increased mental health
million package last year. Last week I was in Christchurch launching a
million fund for community resilience. Mental health is
a difficult area and
of course there's always more to do.
Order! Supplementary question. Is
the minister comfortable can with
money being taken from
older people's
money being taken from older money
money being taken from older people's health care to prop up
mental
people's health care to prop up
It's not being. Order! Point of order. Point
of order Dr David Clark. I
seek leave to table a letter
showing that Canterbury district health is forced
to... Whoiz letter is
Canterbury district health is forced
from the Canterbury DHB in response to an inquiry... I will put
the leave and the House will decide.
Leave is sought
to table that particular letter gained under
the OIA, is there any objection to it
be tabled.
I know the member's moved one cent further away, but she's loud with
hur interjections. I would be grateful if she can
cooperate. Supplementary question, Dr
David Clark. Is the minister aware of
well documented researches
documented researches on natural disasters and longer term patterns
of mental health
needs for populations and the growing
need for mental health support over time,
and if so why is Canterbury DHB still
funded below the
national average per head for
funded below the national average
Pch Yes, Mr Speaker, I am aware of that reresearch. It shows
years for these effects to run through the system
of the population. We're in the middle of
that. That is why mental
health expenditure has been
increased by
million package that was announced last February, and most recently
con jukion with the council. Order! Supplementary question Dr
David Clark. Does he think it is
acceptable that patients in
Canterbury are treated in a
building that is,
Canterbury are treated in a building
planks and visible cracks in the
did the government not approve the move of regional
mental health services from the crumbling princess
Mark ret when it was
asked for in
Two supplementaries there. What the member has to remember
is
invested in the rebuild of health services across Canterbury. We've
had Burwood Hospital, working on the
main health campus, there's been
a wide range of primary
care facilities
wide range of primary care wide
wide range of primary care facilities worked on. There is a
business case worked on
for mental health
business case worked on for mental wide
business case worked on for mental health services. So
the member will have to be patient, but I think he
should look on the
have to be patient, but I think he
geflt health rebuild in the history of New Zealand.
Supplementary question, Dr David
Clark. Does he think the DHB being
forced to spend an additional
Clark. Does he think the DHB being
million on supporting clinical staff at Princess Margaret is ideal
given the wear and
tear on staff, clinical isolation of the facilities shs
and demoralising conditions or is
it simply the inevitable price of
his
cut to the health sector in his decision making delays.
... Two supplementaries. So
the member has to make up his mind
as to whether he thinks
the government is spending too much or too
little. Having started off
saying that we are spending too litting,
he's complaining about an extra
million. He would be angry if he fully understand that
we're spending an
fully understand that we're spending
Canterbury since the Christchurch earthquake. So the member needs
to get his facts straight and
stop making the figures up.
making the figures up. Order!
My
My question is to the Minister for
stand by all his statements on building
stand by all his statements on
The
The Hon
The Hon Dr Nick Smith. Mr Speaker, yes, particularly given my