Equity of Access to Quality Healthcare for People with Mental Illness: A Critical Reflection

ASSESSMENT 2 CRITICAL
REFLECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Evidence that people with mental illness do not currently enjoy “equity of access” to quality
health care....................................................................................................................................3
Determination of health and well being other than access to health care that contribute in poor
physical health people diagnosed with mental illness.................................................................4
Justification .................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In 2017, National Mental Health Commission has introduce the “Equally Well” that
focus on improving the quality of life of people that are being suffering from mental health
illness through offering them equal access to quality healthcare. The main motivate behind the
Equally well is to reduce the life expectancy gap between the people living with mental illness
and general population. The research has represented that there are 4.8 million that is 20%
people that are being suffering from mental and behaviours condition from July 2017 to June
2018. In short there are 1 in 5 that suffer from mental health issue so alternative method must be
find out by government, healthcare organisation to improve the health and well being of people
living within the society. Hence, the critical reflection is being designed to review the individual
social and symptomatic generated influence on consumers physical well being.
MAIN BODY
Evidence that people with mental illness do not currently enjoy “equity of access” to quality
health care
Health equity can be defined as process of offering patients the care they need when they
need it for optimum health and well being. As per Institute of Medicine, equity health care
means providing care that does not differentiate as per quality because of different reason that is
gender, geographical location, socio-economic status and ethnicity. Equally Well program states
that mental health and well being is often right of each and every individual living within the
community. In Australia there are around 106,848 people have no access to mental health
services that results in providing inadequate services to improve their overall health and well
being. ASTI people have less access to health care services because of limited facilities
available. Income, education level, geographical area where they live are numerous factors that
impacting on having equal access to quality health care (Mackenzie, Karaoylas and Starzyk,
2018). Likewise, the main reason for having less access to healthcare services by ATSI is lower
education among student that results in lower source of income generation and overall services
that are being rendered in rural areas. To reduce inequality in access to all resources, there are
many approach that could be used through vertical equity approaches that is Royal Flying
Doctors service. It aims in assisting the manner in which equal access to services must be