STATE OF MIND were invited to attend a Men's Mental Health Conference at the home of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London last week.
Dr. Phil Cooper RMN, MBE attended on behalf of STATE OF MIND.
The conference focused on the recently published UK's first 'Men's Health Strategy' and a focus on suicide prevention, click here for further details Men's Health Strategy for England - GOV.UK.
There were presentations from Baroness Gillian Merron (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Mental Health), who is responsible for:
It was a fantastic day with numerous innovative research findings and suggestions for future action to reduce the number of people taking their own lives in England and Wales.
It was a great bonus to catch up with an old friend of State of Mind, Seamus Watson (pictured above). Seamus is currently the National Improvement Director at NHS England.
