Mental Health Response Change Programme - Phase 4

Health New Zealand and New Zealand Police have agreed the next step for Phase Four of the Police Mental Health Response Change Programme, which will see handover times reduced from 60 minutes to 30 minutes. Initially Phase Four looked at reducing handover times from 60 minutes to 15 minutes when a person detained under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 is brought into the Emergency Department by Police.