DHHS Press Release – October 6, 2025 Public Information Office (603) 271-9389 | pio@dhhs.nh.gov Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released the […]
MY TURN – Preventing a ‘mission impossible’ system
Concord Monitor – April 26, 2025 By LORI WEAVER Just two years ago, it was common to find 50 or more patients sitting in New Hampshire emergency departments (EDs) each […]
Judge praises NH’s progress cutting down wait times for inpatient mental health care
NH Business Review – April 11, 2025 By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH, NH Public Radio A federal judge says New Hampshire is making good progress toward eliminating wait times for inpatient mental […]
Mission Zero report: State hospital has available beds
Conway Daily Sun – February 10, 2025 CONCORD — Saying that Mission Zero is working, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that no adults are […]
Community behavioral health centers have helped ease the ER boarding crisis. Now some are struggling financially.
The Boston Globe – January 4, 2025 By ELI CAHAN, Globe correspondent Workers say at times many beds in these urgent-care clinics still sit empty. Late on a Sunday night […]
For 1st time five years, no adults waiting for inpatient psychiatric care in NH emergency departments
WMUR – December 6, 2024 By JON SCHOENHEIDER MANCHESTER, N.H. — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said there are now no adults waiting for inpatient psychiatric […]
Judge gives NH more time to end ER boarding of psychiatric patients
NH Public Radio – November 10, 2024 By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH A federal judge has again given the state more time to end its practice of holding mental health patients in […]