Call for action on UK men’s health as 133,000 die early every year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/17/movember-men-male-early-deaths-uk-call-for-action
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Call for action on UK men’s health as 133,000 die early every year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/17/movember-men-male-early-deaths-uk-call-for-action
Posted by F0urLeafCl0ver
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My dad died at 58 because GPs couldn’t be arsed to test him.
He died of cancer. Discovered so late (after 4 GP visits over months) that he couldn’t even get chemo at that stage.
GPS just don’t give a flying fuck.
One thing I’ve learnt is that nobody actually gives a flying fuck about men – be it physical or mental health.
If men’s mental health was talked about as much as other illnesses like say, cancer, you’ll never hear the end of it.
The problems run too deep in this country for this kind of activism to actually help people.
Mental health help in general in this country is awful. Our mental health as a country is really poor.
> 64% – wait more than a week before visiting a doctor with symptoms, while **48% believe it is normal practice to avoid health check-ups**. Less than 40% take up the offer of an NHS health check for which they are eligible.
The fixes for this are obvious
– pay people properly
– improve quality of life so going to work has an actual value proposition
– sort the NHS out to a point where GPs aren’t so overworked that they’re not doing their job properly
– stop demonizing masculinity, so that men don’t become desperate and run to morons like Andrew Tate that prey on them
– fix the divorce system so that men get a fair shake and their life isn’t over when their marriage is
– get rid of absurd shows like love island which encourage men AND women that theres only one way to be accepted in society and it’s their way.
Stigmatisation in the workplace applies to all re time off for sickness especially older employees Chance to employ younger cheaper staff part time makes people not visit docs too.Also applies to all If u are depressed it affects your right to drive eg even taking sertraline for a short period its questioned.Also illness affects your insurance too.Atitudes re health if our nation need to change
It is a complex relationship between stubbornness, cultural expectation to not be weak, lack of awareness and a service that has been striped down so bad that it no longer works.