The public health white paper with little information for the public?

Version 2.
I realised Version 1 was strikingly similar to my post about the NHS white paper in the summer.

In that post I argued that there were few surprises but many gaps. I think we can say the same about Healthy lives, healthy people.

Combine the secretary of state’s various public health speeches, the coalition agreement and aspects of the NHS white paper with news coverage on Sunday and Monday and you are most of the way there. As the HSJ reports.

Then there seems to be a lot missing. Again, as the HSJ reports and as president of the Royal College of Physicians said in The Guardian.

What’s missing is how the state of men’s health will be tackled.

As well as transferring powers to councils and incentivising GPs we need to see policies and programmes that seek to address men’s health and support , not only for those devising and delivering this work but also for men themselves.