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23 September 2026

Mental health callouts: Police handover at EDs to reduce to 30 minutes

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Mental health callouts: Police handover at EDs to reduce to 30 minutes

NZ Police's handover of patients at emergency departments will reduce to 30 minutes, as it rolls out the final phase of its withdrawal from mental health related jobs - changing its earlier plan to reduce the handover to 15 minutes.

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