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<p>Improving mental health services for all is a priority for this Government but
we are aware of the importance of addressing mental health issues with specific regard
to men. We promote innovation in developing mental health services and interventions
focused on men including programmes such as State of Mind and the Men’s Sheds movement.
We are aware that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 and therefore in the
updated National Suicide Prevention Strategy published in January we set out ways
in which we are strengthening delivery of the strategy’s aims such as better targeting
of high risk groups, such as men. This is supported by every local authority implementing
a local suicide prevention plan by the end of 2017. Guidance issued to local authorities
by Public Health England last year sets out the importance of targeting men, as a
high risk group, in local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>£12 million has
been allocated between 2016/20 in Time to Change to challenge mental health stigma,
which has reached 750, 000 children and young people through social marketing campaigns
and improved attitudes of over 4.1 million people in England. Their latest campaign,
In Your Corner, is specifically targeted at men.</p>
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