Mental health is a major cost for for New Zealand.
Not only is there the immense personal cost to people with experience of mental illness and their families, there is also a cost to employers and the Government
Research in Britain, published in 2007, estimates the cost to employers of mental health problems among staff in Britain at 1035 (NZ$2000) for every employee a year. The business costs are made up of sickness absence, reduced productivity at work and replacing staff who leave their jobs because of mental ill health.
Just under 50 per cent of New Zealanders will experience mental illness or addiction at some time in their lives, with one in five people affected within one year. (source: Health Ministry.)
About 40 per cent of people off work nationwide are absent because of a mental health condition, including people on sickness benefits and income replacement insurance. (Workwise).
Mental illness accounts for 15 per cent of the total disease burden in the developed world, with depression set to become the second leading cause of disability worldwide by 2020. (World Health Organisation).
Supercare4u.com is a Patient Transfer Service in Auckland New Zealand that is dedicated to providing transfers to members of the community that are aged,infirm or have specialized transportation requirements.
