We tell boys not to cry, then wonder about male suicide
In courageously speaking of his depression, ex-footballer Dean Windass has helped to highlight a crisis in men's mental health I'm not sure how old I was when I was first instructed that boys don't cry – at a guess, maybe six or seven. Once it began, it came at me from all angles: family, teachers, friends, the myriad voices of media and culture. Like pretty much all boys, I learned that tears and sobs were markers of failure. W...
£100m cash injection for local health services could filter to charities
A £100m funding boost for the NHS to improve services at a local level in England could filter through to charities via new Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). As yet unapproved by Parliament, the CCG system will allow healthcare professionals working in the local community to take on responsibility for local health care budgets and commission the services working in that area. The Department of Health (DoH) announced on Monday ...