Men’s Health Week, 10-16 June 2024

Men’s Health Week is held on 10 - 16 June and is a dedicated week that shines the spotlight on the unique health concerns that men experience. It’s a reminder of the importance of proactively addressing and managing health issues by encouraging men to take charge of their well-being, make informed decisions about their lifestyle choices, and seek appropriate medical support when needed.

Why is it important to champion men’s health in the workplace?

Health and wellbeing are important to everybody, but we know that men tend to be in worse health than women. In the UK, men die, on average, around three and a half years younger.¹

There are lots of different reasons for this, including that men seem to be less likely to:

• adopt healthy behaviours
• visit a doctor when they aren’t feeling well
• talk about the symptoms of their illness to a doctor when they do see one

They are also more likely to:

• have dangerous jobs
• engage in risk-taking

But there are some things you can do to help your male team members and employees to be as healthy as they can, both mentally and physically. We’ve put together some expert-approved tools and resources for you to share within your business that can help to create better conversations with the men in your business and empower to open-up the conversation on men’s health in the workplace.

For your business

When it comes to your team’s health and wellbeing, it pays to be proactive, but it can be difficult to know where to begin. Start with Well Health.

What is Well Health?
Well Health empowers your employees to put their health first. With quick access to screening, diagnosis and aftercare for a range of wellbeing worries, it creates a much better chance of spotting a problem early, before it becomes a bigger concern.

How it works
If you’re a corporate group with fifty or more employees on cover, explore our range of face to face and remote services to help expand your cover. You can pick and choose the support your employees need the most. Helping your people get back into work sooner and feel at their best for longer.

Read about our Well Health services in this brochure (PDF, 0.7MB)

Guidance and support for line-managers

To read

Men’s health toolkit (PDF, 0.5MB)

Men’s health managers guide (PDF, 1.2MB)

Men's mental health: a guide for managers (PDF, 1.7MB)

To watch

Supporting men’s health in the workplace

Resources to share with your team

Share the recordings of our Inside Health events with your employees:

Prostate health with Ugo Monye

Tackling testicular taboos with Chris Hughes

The highs and lows of being a dad with Kelvin Fletcher

Busting the myths about testicular cancer

How to check your testicles in under a minute

Erectile dysfunction

For more information, please contact your Bupa Account Manager or Intermediary Partner.

¹https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2018to2020