A consortium of charities, academics and experts have written to Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay to 'formally ask the Government to begin the process of creating a national Men’s Health Strategy'.

The letter is the latest stage in the campaign for a men's strategy to run alongside the Women's Health Strategy that was promised by the government in March 2021.

The Forum have been working alongside others including the Men and Boys Coalition, the ManKind Initiative, Global Action on Men's Health, the Men's Sheds Association, the Oral Health Foundation, Orchid, Andy's Man Club, Survivors Manchester, Future Men, Menspeak Men's Groups, Chaps and the Fatherhood Institute.

Their letter applauds the introduction of a Women's Health Strategy and points out that there is no evidence that the current conditions/disease-based approach to health is improving men's health any more than it is improving women's. It says a Men's Health Strategy would improve the lives of men and boys, improve the lives of women and girls and improve society and the economy.

Forum patron Professor Alan White said: 'We are now in a position where the Secretary of State must take seriously the weight of support behind a Men's Health Strategy for the UK. With so many key organisations and individuals getting behind the Men's Health Forum campaign, the momentum towards having a coherent approach to the health challenges facing men is getting stronger and the result more inevitable.'