Men's Health Forum
According to the latest Annual report on their website (for 2002)[1] the Men's Health Forum’s mission is 'to provide an independent and authoritative voice for male health and to tackle the issues affecting the health and well-being of boys and men in England and Wales'.
They aim to achieve this through: • Research and policy development • Professional training • Providing information services • Stimulating professional and public debate • Working with MPs and Government • Developing innovative and imaginative projects • Collaborating with the widest possible range of interested organisations and individuals • Organising the annual National Men’s Health Week
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People
The Chief Executive of the Men's Health Forum is currently (2007) Peter Baker.
The President is Ian Banks.[2]. Ian Banks is also President for the European Men's Health Forum [3] and a member of the British Medical Association Council [4].
The Men's Health Forum's Trustees
As of November 2008 the board of trustees was
- Paul Bradley
- Frederick Buckingham-Evans
- Jane DeVille-Almond
- David Hudson
- John Larkin
- Gopa Mitra
- Gillian Nineham
- Alan White Chair of the Trustees)[5]
Sponsors and Supporters
Funding for 2006-7
- Abbot Laboratories Ltd £7,500
- Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd £25,200
- Asthma UK £6,000
- Barking & Dagenham PCT £15,000
- Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT £3,000
- Boehringer Ingleheim Ltd £7,500
- BUPA £12,000
- Cancerbackup £1,700
- Connexions North London Partnership £26,150
- Department of Health £124,000
- Equal Opportunities Commission £8,000
- Essex Primary Care R&D Office £4,000
- Food Standards Agency £6,000
- Football Association, The £10,000
- Knowsley PCTMBC £4,000
- Lloyds Pharmacy £5,000
- Macmillan Cancer Support £4,600
- National Obesity Forum £2,000
- NHS Employers £2,000
- NIMHE £10,000
- Pfizer Limited £38,000
- Prostate Cancer Research Foundation £2,000
- Roche Diagnostics Ltd £19,500
- Roche Products Ltd £16,500
- Royal British Legion, The £6,000
- Royal Mail £20,000
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation £6,000
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain £12,000
- Sport England £5,000
- The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation £6,000
- Water UK £2,500
- Women & Equality Unit £7,000
- YMCA £6,000
The Forum also received in-kind support from:
- Anytime After Nine
- British In-Vitro Diagnostic Association
- PAGB
- LMCA
- Royal Society for the Promotion of Health[6]
Funding for 2006
The Men's Health Forum (England and Wales) received £48,000 and the Men's Health Forum (Scotland) received £2000 from Pfizer [7]
The Men's Health Forum (England & Wales) also commenced 'partnership' with Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (the UK subsidiary of Merck and Co. Inc.). [8]
Funding for 2004-5
- Abbott Laboratories £5,000
- AstraZeneca £5,000
- BT £9,375
- Eli Lilly £14,900
- Mentality - (part of the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health[9]) - £5,000
- Pfizer £35,000
- Roche Diagnostics £25,000
- Roche Products £91,000
- Ruder Finn £5,000
- Sanofi-Aventis £17,500
- Shire Health £2,000
- Slim Fast Foods £5,000
- Water UK (an organisation which advertises itself as 'working on behalf of the water industry'[10]) £5,000
The forum also received support from
- National Obesity Forum £5,000
- TOAST £3,000[11]
The Forum also received in-kind support from:
- British In-Vitro Diagnostic Association (the national trade association for companies with major involvement and interest in the In Vitro Diagnostics industry [12]) – the regular free use of meeting rooms;
- 8ml – hosting of websites;
- Harrison Cowley – PR support for National Men’s Health Week 2004.
Transparency
The Men's Health Forum has a policy in regard to its relations with corporate industry which states that...
- 'The Forum has relied – and still depends – heavily on corporate support in particular for a significant proportion of its core and project costs. It is essential, therefore, that the Forum establishes a strict, clear and transparent policy for collaboration and partnership. Such a policy will benefit both the Forum and other organisations by ensuring that the Forum remains independent and autonomous and that there can be no actual or perceived improper influence on its work'[13].
The Men's Health Forum may voice a commitment to transparency in policy, yet this is lacking in practice. The most recent figures (listed as 'current') for its corporate sponsorship dates back to 2004/05. As Miller sums up in his article on Spinwatch [14]...
- 'Whether, there is any actual improper influence on its work is difficult to tell, since the forum does not disclose the funding it 'depends on' from the private sector. Nor does it detail what it is for and what proportion of its budget is from private sources'.
Affiliations
The European Men's Health Forum (EMHF) was set up as an initiative by the Men's Health Forum. In 2007, Ian Banks holds the position of President on both Forums and Alan White (Chair of Trustees for the Men's Health Forum) also sits on the Board of Directors for the EMHF[15].
Contact
Men's Health Forum. Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HR
Tel: 020 7388 4449 Fax: 020 7388 4477
Email: office@menshealthforum.org.uk
References
- ↑ Men's Health Forum Annual Report 2002 Accessed 4th December 2007
- ↑ Men's Health Forum Who's Who at the MHF? Accessed 6th December 2007
- ↑ EMHF Board of Directors Accessed 20th December 2007
- ↑ BMA Members of the BMA Council Accessed 24th December 2007
- ↑ Men's Health Forum Who's Who at the MHF? Accessed 19 November 2008
- ↑ Men's health Forum Sponsors & Supporters Accessed 19 November 2008
- ↑ Pfizer Our Partnership With Patient Organisations Accessed 13th december 2007
- ↑ MSD UK Patient Groups Accessed 13th December 2007
- ↑ Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health website Accessed 4th December 2007
- ↑ Water UK website Accessed 4th December 2007
- ↑ Men's health Forum Sponsors & Supporters Accessed 6th December 2007
- ↑ DIVDA website Accessed 4th December 2007
- ↑ Men's Health Forum Sponsorship policy and relations with commercial and other organisations Accessed 24th December 2007
- ↑ Miller, D. (2006) Dr Ian Gibson MP has said he feels 'very silly and stupid ' about his support for Cancer United Spinwatch. Accessed 24th December 2007
- ↑ EMHF Board of Directors Accessed 24th December 2007
