All over-40s to get health checks in UK, rechecked every 5 years
 

People aged 40 to 74 will be offered blood pressure, weight and cholesterol checks along with lifestyle advice every five years.

The Government says the scheme will save 650 lives a year.

Health authorities will launch the programme on 1 April by writing letters to at-risk groups and inviting them for checks.

More than 2 million people will be assessed each year and and then called back for check-ups every five years.

GPs already carry out checks on about 80 per cent of the age group.

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they should do something like this here too, but also extend it to driver licensing.

they should be doing that everywhere man