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

[Harvey Specter]

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.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090329/...s-dba1618.html

[Synaptik]

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

[twitchyzero]

they should be doing that everywhere man