Isolation and loneliness are risk factors for poor health, and are increasingly affecting younger men. GPs can play an important role in recognising and addressing the problems using the tools and services being developed to help tackle the issues.

The social determinants of health have a disproportionate impact on mortality in men. A study into the state of health of the male population in Leeds was undertaken to guide public health commissioning decisions. This paper reports on the data relating to the social lives of men.

The NHS identified 44 footprints throughout England to produce sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) to radically transform the NHS, rethink where most money is spent, and identify where action may see the biggest bang for our limited buck.123 The cost of men to the NHS is great, with higher …