Overview
- The Department of Health and Social Care published its Men’s Health strategic vision on 17 November, highlighting mental health and suicide prevention as core priorities.
- The call for evidence drew 6,591 submissions, with 79% from people aged 45–84, 94% identifying as white, and only 6% under 35.
- Official data show men aged 25–44 have a suicide rate of 20.5 per 100,000 and are among the least likely to use formal support, a group clinicians say is under-represented in the strategy’s evidence.
- The report documents barriers such as difficulty getting appointments, long waits, uncertainty navigating services, discomfort discussing mental health, and only 32% knowing where to go in a crisis.
- Clinicians and Flow Neuroscience urge broader private, home-based and non‑drug options, citing a small Leicestershire pilot of an at‑home brain‑stimulation pathway that reportedly cut suicidal thoughts by about two‑thirds, with DHSC yet to comment.