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Nicky Stevens’ family echoes call for Mental Health Inquiry
Monday, 12 June 2017, 10:12 am | Family of Nicky Stevens
Tonight’s TVNZ News Poll showing 77% of New Zealanders support the call for an Independent Mental Health Inquiry has been described by the family of Nicky Stevens as a “stinging rebuff for the head-in-the-sand attitude of Prime Minister Bill ... More >>
Statement re: Hospital secure smoking areas
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 3:54 pm | Family of Nicky Stevens
The family of Nicky Stevens believe deceased Palmerston North Hospital mental health unit patient Chelsea Brunton would almost certainly be alive today had the management of Palmerston North Hospital agreed to a 2015 request to keep the secure outdoor ... More >>
Open Letter to Minister of Health on Mental Health issues
Friday, 5 May 2017, 1:33 pm | Family of Nicky Stevens
We have read with interest your speech and media statements today regarding the Government’s decision to increase spending on mental health services, and your acknowledgement that “more needs to be done”. More >>
Call for a full independent inquiry of mental health system
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 10:56 am | Family of Nicky Stevens
The family of Nicky Stevens, the young man who died in 2015 while in the compulsory care of Waikato DHB’s mental health facility, has renewed its call for the Government to establish a full, independent inquiry into the state of the country’s mental ... More >>
DHB unwillingness to level the legal playing field
Friday, 17 April 2015, 5:26 pm | Family of Nicky Stevens
Waikato DHB happy to set precedent leading to our Nicky's death – but won't set precedent to support grieving family More >>