Minister of Loneliness appointed in the UK

Britain has now created a “minister for loneliness” to tackle modern public health problems associated with social isolation.


Tracey Crouch has been appointed by the UK government after research showed as many as one in ten people felt lonely “always or often” and that hundreds of thousands of elderly people hadn’t spoken to a friend or relative in the past month.




Crouch will devise a national strategy to tackle isolation across all ages, and find ways of measuring alienation in official statistics.

“We know that there is a real impact of social isolation and loneliness on people, on their physical and mental well-being but also on other aspects in society and we want to tackle this challenge,” Crouch said.

New York times reports that the prime minister announced on Wednesday that Tracey Crouch, who is the under secretary for sport and civil society in the culture ministry, would lead a governmentwide group to build on Ms. Cox’s legacy and establish policies on the issue.