Being equally well: Better physical health care and longer lives for people living with serious mental illness. Technical Report 2021.03

Mark Morgan, Dave Peters, Malcolm Hopwood, David Castle, Chris Moy, Caitlin Fehily, Alanksha Sharma, Tetyana Rocks, Kevin McNamara, Lee Cobb, Maria Duggan, James Dunbar, Rosemary Calder

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Abstract

This technical report presents evidence-based and practical changes that have been identified collaboratively by the experts involved in this work. The report details the proposed systematic and systemic changes in policy and practice to deliver better physical health care for people living with serious mental illness, and to do so within the existing health services infrastructure.
The report provides evidence that supports these recommendations and is a resource for all who are working to reduce this stark health divide.

The accompanying National Policy Roadmap to Being Equally Well (the Roadmap) provides practitioners, service providers, health service system supporting agencies, funders and policy-makers with a summary of the suite of changes proposed, changes that are evidence based, implementable and affordable.

Whilst this collaboration has focused on improving the physical health care and life expectancy for people living with serious mental illness, we and our collaborators in this work intend that
this work should inform and influence the physical health care of all who live with mental illness.

The technical report is composed of two volumes:
- Volume 1. The project report
- Volume 2. Appendices of information and evidence

Both volumes are attached in the record
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationMelbourne
PublisherMitchell Institute, Victoria University
Commissioning bodyDepartment of Health and Aged Care
Number of pages112
Volume1
Publication statusPublished - 26 Aug 2021

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