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“We are hitting the gas more than we really ever have, on any issue, when it comes to this effort,” said Morissa Henn, a top official with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
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Policía de UNH investiga graffiti que acusa a la universidad de ser complicita en conflicto Israel-Hamas. Los votantes de NH tienen hasta el 4 de junio para cambiar su afiliación de partido. El estado pide más tiempo para terminar con la práctica de ER boarding.
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Expanding transitional housing is among the Department of Health and Human Services’ “Mission Zero” initiatives to address the state’s mental health crisis and eliminate long emergency room waits.
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The fight over how people seeking to be released from in-patient mental health facilities in New Hampshire should get to address a judge is the latest flashpoint in a five-year long legal battle.
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State health officials outlined in more detail how they plan to eliminate waitlists for inpatient mental health care, as they face a court-imposed deadline of May 2024.
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State attorneys previously argued they would need up to two years to stop the practice, citing labor shortages and other challenges.
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The competing proposals come in response to a federal judge’s ruling that New Hampshire must stop holding patients in mental health crises in ERs for prolonged periods.
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Emergency room boarding is the longstanding state practice of housing mental health patients, sometimes for weeks, in hospital emergency rooms due to a lack of psychiatric treatment beds.
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The state says workforce shortages are impeding its efforts to fix the issue.
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Hampstead Hospital is one of the town's largest property tax payers, providing an estimated $175,000 annually to the town's budget.