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Jun 13 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This week is #MensHealthWeek and this year we are being encouraged to take a #ManMOT

The pandemic has meant that many of us have not been able to give our health the attention it needs. This week is a chance to take notice of what's going on in our bodies and minds.
1 in 5 men die before the age of 65 with cancer being one of the biggest causes. We know that 50,000 of us missed a cancer diagnosis during the pandemic and that early-stage cancer diagnoses fell by a third, with prostate cancer diagnoses down 29%.

nhs.uk/conditions/pro…
Cardiovascular disease, another leading cause of death among men, is largely preventable but the pandemic has negatively affected CVD prevention with new diagnoses down, reviews for people with known risk factors delayed, and healthy behaviours reduced.

nhs.uk/conditions/car…
Men's Health Forum (@MensHealthForum) have developed a quick and easy health check you can do at home.

menshealthforum.org.uk/diy-man-mot

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Jun 13
4 in 5 suicides are by men, men report lower levels of life satisfaction and men are less likely to access psychological therapies than women, representing only 36% of referrals for NHS talking therapies.
#menshealthweek is a chance for us to think about our mental health
As part of encouraging us to do a #ManMOT, @MensHealthForum are encouraging us to take a Man MOT for the Mind - an interactive a tool-kit of checks and challenges to help keep us in a good place or take us to a better one.

menshealthforum.org.uk/man-mot-mind
@MensHealthForum This #menshealthweek, why not visit @GoodThinkingUK and try their self-assessment tool to help you understand and manage your stress better

good-thinking.uk/stress/
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Jun 13
1/6
 NEW: @UKHSA published the first technical briefing on #monkeypox - bit.ly/3xhPcmF
As of 8 June there were 336 confirmed cases in the UK, 224 of those in #London (81% of cases), a figure we’re taking very seriously. Partners across London have come together at pace..
2/6
 ..working collaboratively, liaising with event organisers, venues, community organisations and the public to raise awareness of this new and unusual outbreak
@UKHSA @LondonADPH @NHSEnglandLDN @SHLdotUK @doitldn @TheLoveTankCIC @TeamPrepster and..
3/6
 ... @GMIpartnership @BASHH_UK @BritishHIVAssoc.
A huge thanks to them and all of the front line healthcare staff and clinicians working hard to support those who have already come forward to get their symptoms assessed.
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Mar 24
1/7 Two years after the first national lockdown, it’s fantastic that we can live a more normal life safely, largely thanks to the #COVIDvaccine. But many Londoners remain defenceless to the harm of #COVID19 by being unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated. standard.co.uk/comment/commen…
2/7 Recent data from @ONS lays out the ongoing disparities between adults in London who have had the vaccine and not had the vaccine. Ethnicity, age and deprivation all play a complex role in how likely somebody is to go and get vaccinated.

Data here ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… There is a clear ethnic disparity amongst unvaccinated adultIn every ethnic group, adults aged 18-29 had the biggest proThe proportion of unvaccinated adults in London was higher i
3/7 The proportion of unvaccinated Londoners was higher in the most deprived than least deprived.

But worryingly, even the most affluent Black Caribbean & Black African Londoners were up to 2x as likely to be unvaccinated when compared to the most deprived of other ethnicities. Despite being in the most affluent group, some of London’s
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Apr 23, 2021
You may have recently heard or read about a new variant that was first identified in India emerging in the UK, including in London – so what is it and why are we hearing more about it? ⬇️ #Covid19
The variant, technically known as B.1.617 or VUI-21Apr-01, was first reported in the Maharashtra region of India in early March and cases have since been found in the UK, including in London. Latest numbers are published here 👇

gov.uk/government/pub…
It has been designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) by PHE. This is less serious than Variants of Concern (VOCs), such as our dominant UK variant first found in Kent or the variant first found in South Africa, but we still want to track it closely.

publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2021/02/05/wha…
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Mar 19, 2021
1/5
Every day at home is helping to stop the spread of #COVID19 in the capital.

We've come a long way in London over the past few months and that is down to all of us making sacrifices. However, we know how quickly cases can rise so let's keep going!
2/5
 It's still vital that everyone remains at home while the national lockdown continues.

Doing this will allow us to be in the best possible place when further restrictions lift on 29 March and when decisions are made about step 2 of the roadmap.

#KeepLondonSafe
3/5
 Latest @ONS data shows the proportion of working adults leaving home for work in the last 7 days increased by 5% to 53% this week.
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Feb 16, 2021
1/8 @LondonADPH have issued a policy position to support BAME communities in London during and beyond the #COVID19 pandemic.

I also recognise that “racism is a public health issue” – here’s a thread on why. ⬇️

Full position statement here: adph.org.uk/networks/londo…
2/8 There is no doubt that the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on BAME groups across the UK. @FPH, @HealthFdn and now @LondonADPH have all implicated racism as a key factor influencing the mounting data.

@NHSEnglandLDN @NHS_RHO @londoncouncils @NHSEnglandLDN @PHE_uk
3/8 Addressing the inherent social and structural components shows how racism permeates our everyday lives.

Geography, deprivation, housing, employment, occupational exposure, mental and physical health are all factors skewed to negatively impact the health of BAME communities.
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