UK will have men's health strategy, government says

The UK government has announced plans for a men's health strategy.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said it would help tackle some of the "biggest issues affecting men of all ages".

This may include mental health and suicide prevention, heart disease and prostate cancer.

The strategy is expected to be published next year.

Men die nearly four years earlier than women, on average, and are disproportionally affected by a number of conditions, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to the government, external.

They are also less likely to seek help for mental-health issues.

Streeting also highlighted social-media pressures, saying men faced similar issues to women around their self-esteem and body image and he would not "shy away" from the need to focus on men’s health.

"Nothing frustrates me more than when men’s health and women’s health are somehow pitted in opposition to each other, as if by focusing on a men’s health strategy we are in any way detracting from the brilliant work that successive governments have been doing on women’s health and actually much more work we need to do," he added.

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Source: BBC News, 28 November 2024

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