Men's Health Groups have called for years for more resources in the NHS for men's health, especially when it comes to mental health!
Streeting's Answer? - push the can of mental health service worms - down the road!
The government has issued a national call for evidence to inform a new strategy aimed at tackling the most pressing health issues affecting men across the UK. The 12-week consultation, open from 24 April to 17 July 2025, invites input from the public, health professionals, researchers, and employers as part of the government's broader Plan for Change to improve healthcare for all.
Given that employers are in the main guilty of ignoring mental health issues in the workplace, continue putting more and more stress on the workforce; many believe that the only response from employer's bodies will be to cry wolf and that legislation currently costs them money.
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting emphasised the urgency of addressing male health inequalities, stating:
"Every day, men across England are dying early from preventable causes. Men are hit harder by a range of conditions, while tragically suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50.
Our Plan for Change means we will tackle these issues head on through a men's health strategy, and today's call for evidence is the crucial next step in understanding what works, what doesn't, and how we can design services men will actually use.
I urge people to come forward to share their views."
But, when it comes to mental health, many of NHS services such as adult psychiatry depts, have long disappeared, with the private sector taking over what they now call 'talking therapies'; the provision is usually for just 6 weeks, often takes place over the telephone or via Zoom for example. Seldom is it with properly trained NHS staff, and pateints assessed properly by medical professionals in mental health.
Given that Streeting's whole approach is that people should be responsible for their own health, visit pharmacies before their GPs who are told by the NHS England quango of ex US healthcare company bosses; to only refer a patient to a hospital consultant in an absolute emergency.
GPs are in fact being paid NOT to refer patients on!
But now if the Government is to be believed, the public and those concerned about mental health support services in the NHS in general, and for men suffering mental ill-health; this is the opportunity to influence Government strategy, before it is written by the DHSC currently headed by Ex-United Health boss, Samantha Jones and the likes of Lord Dazi who has spent years advising Governments how to cut the costs of employing medically trained staff replacing them with non-doctors, PAs and AAs along with the use of 'Life Sciences' aka New Tech and AI systems to also replace medical staff.
Click the image above to have your say over how men's health in general, and their mental health in particular is addressed.
