In actual fact the title of this post doesn't bear a lot of relevance to what I want to say, I just quite liked the sound of it! Thankfully, men's health hasn't been 'sent to Coventry' in the normal sense of the phrase. Rather, it has been picked up and championed, by Coventry City Council.
Last week MHF and Coventry City Council held a conference on men's health at Warwick University . The subtile of the event was 'A fresh start' and that is indeed what the day felt like.
130 delegates attended and heard from both local and national experts in the area (see here for full conference report) and it was encouraging to see such energy in the room. The last session of the day was an interactive discussion, with lots of attendees sharing examples of best practice.
One of the things for us as a national organisation to think about, is how to harness this energy and experience and how to keep an oversight of all the examples of good practice in working with men. This is especially relevant now, given the forthcoming changes to the structures of the NHS.
One of the ideas we are working on, is the development of a national database to capture examples of good practice, but there must be other ways too.
Any musings or suggestions on this are gratefully accepted. Just leave a comment below.
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