The IMM recommends that the Government:
84. Reform the Public Health and Disability Act 2000 to introduce provisions to ensure disabled people are meaningfully represented in governance roles across the health and disability system.
85. Advance innovative models of funding for integrated and flexible disability support, and provide adequate resourcing of those models, so that disabled people are able to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health; including but not limited to accelerating equitable access nationally to an Enabling Good Lives approach.
86. Take definitive action to clarify the expectation on district health boards to provide disability-related supports, particularly in relation to section 22(1)(c) and (d) of the Public Health and Disability Act 2000.
87. Implement earlier recommendations of the IMM to address inequities in life expectancy for disabled people, particularly people with intellectual/ learning and psychosocial disabilities. Work with disabled people and their representative organisations to establish a comprehensive health improvement and monitoring programme.
88. Act on the outcomes of Phase 1 and upcoming hearings of the Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry.
89. Ensure that the development of initiatives targeting equitable health service access for disabled people are co-designed with disabled people.
90. Ensure a co-design process with people with psychosocial experiences in the implementation of the recommendations of the He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction,16 and ensure that they are appropriately resourced to carry out this work.