Mental health workforce development plan

Media release
Hon Pete Hodgson, Minister of Health

19 December 2005

Mental health workforce development plan

A three-year plan to develop and strengthen the New Zealand mental health workforce was launched in Wellington today by Health Minister Pete Hodgson.

Tauawhitia te Wero, Embracing the Challenge: National Mental Health Addiction Workforce Development Plan 2006-2009 lays out a strategy for the training, recruitment and retention of people working in the mental health and addiction sector.

Pete Hodgson said supporting the workforce was crucial to the government's ongoing efforts to enhance New Zealand's mental heath services.

Read the full text of this media release on the Beehive website: www.beehive.govt.nz

See also the Minister's speech for the launch of Tauawhitia te Wero, Embracing the Challenge in Wellington.

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