Experiences of health and Care - Perspectives of men living in Foleshill and Spon End
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This is a report by Healthwatch Coventry. Healthwatch awarded a grant to a local organisation to deliver work with people on their health and care experiences.
This piece of work was carried out by Coventry Peace House, which is an inclusion project that has been running for 20 years with the aims of tackling inequality by highlighting social issues.
Coventry Peace House collaborated with Coventry Men's Shed, Foleshill Library, and their in-house bike workshop Coventry Cycle Centre. Men access these groups and community spaces for social support and wellbeing.
Access was found to be one issue, with this being a mix of feeling able or willing to seek help from medical services as well as negative experiences that put some off for future.
There are some key asks in the report
- For health and social care organisations including community and voluntary organisations to provide more men only groups for men to access support, information and opportunities for networks and potential friendships.
- For health and social care services to raise awareness about services for middle aged men about support, services and tests available to them.
- For health organisations to send email and texts to remind/ call men to attend appointments and check-ups around preventable cancers and other health conditions.
- For health services and professionals to understand that men, especially men with poor mental health understand their impact on the people around them and want to help improve services.
There are no follow up actions in this report.