Today, People’s Health Trust held a parliamentary roundtable with business leaders from the construction industry, hosted by Mike Reader MP, the government’s business champion for construction, to find solutions to the growing crisis in men’s health as part of the Trust’s wider programme of work on men’s health.
Male construction workers are three times more likely to die by suicide than most other industries. Yet poor mental health on the building site - as in many other male-dominated workplaces – remains a largely hidden crisis.
In addition, healthy life expectancy for men is at its lowest point for over 10 years (at just over 60 years), with a 20-year gap between men in the most and least affluent places (ranging from 50 to 70 years depending on where you are born).
Employers have a crucial role to play in addressing the crisis in men’s health and improving men’s health is good for men, good for business and good for society as whole.
At today's parliamentary roundtable, the Trust heard from leaders from the construction industry, public health experts, government officials and academics as part of its collective effort to find solutions to improve men’s health.
Joining the roundtable were Professor Paul Galdas, the newly appointed chair of the government’s Men’s Health Academic Network, and Dr Paul Litchfield CBE, Independent Chief Medical Adviser for ITV and Compass Group, alongside leaders of some of country’s largest construction companies.
By working together we can reach those men most in need to help them live longer healthier lives.
The Trust’s Men’s Health Fund Appeal aims to support a new programme of work that creates community-led solutions to improving men’s health. Find out about how you can Partner with us.