A further $600,000 will be spent rural mental health services, including suicide prevention workshops. Falling milk prices have put a spotlight on rural mental health. The Rural General Practice Network has welcomed the mental health programme, but says finding and keeping doctors in remote locations was a major challenge. The $600,000 is for the second phase of the rural mental health initiative, and follows a similar funding commitment at last year's Fieldays. It will provide more suicide prevention workshops and employ coordinators to work with rural support trusts."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2016 00:56 UTC