The government’s newly published “Men’s Health Strategy” calls for a deeper focus on how problem gambling impacts the male population of the UK, with an ongoing understanding towards policy treating gambling harms and consequences as a public health issue.
Announced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), led by Secretary Wes Streeting, the strategy recognizes that gambling-related harms are ‘disproportionately experienced by men’ and that young men in particular are more likely to gamble online, particularly with casinos.
Its publication comes seven months after the Select Committee on Health and Social Care, tasked with scrutinizing departmental policy in this area, called for an urgent review of the 2005 Gambling Act to ensure that public health is factored into legislation.
