WATCH: Judith Collins this morning talked to The AM Show about the possible massaging on mental health statistics labeled my Collins as "outrageous politicisation".
Originally reported by Henry Cooke at Stuff, questions are being raised around the annual report from the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Newshub the report says usually arrives annually, looking back at the state of the mental health system a year earlier. But the 2018 and 2019 reports weren't published on time, Stuff reporting they were subject to revisions and cuts by officials in the Ministry of Health.
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