Photo: SceneQueenstown’s population boom has an obvious effect on house prices and the rental market – but what’s the knock-on cost to people’s quality of life? Staff have also been doing one-on-one interviews with social services, schools, police and other government organisations to find out what they’re seeing first-hand. “People are being displaced to other parts of the district as they try to find something they can afford. SDHB will release a report on the findings in July, Poore says, which will help guide the type of health services the district needs to plan for, and inform other organisations. “Currently, mental health services are focused on people with serious mental illness, but people who are anxious or stressed in response to a set of circumstances are not seriously ill and need a different type of service.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 03, 2019 19:30 UTC