The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) Health Check program was created to
help prevent heart disease and other ailments, but critics say it is unproven, expensive and …

In some countries, general health checks form part of routine healthcare. In the UK, for
instance, a National Health Service (NHS) health check is offered to everyone over the age …

Two radical changes are in train for the NHS. Firstly, health authorities will be responsible
not simply for health care but for the health of their populations. And, secondly, under their …

MPs have called for a full review of the NHS Health Check programme after concerns were
raised over its effectiveness and whether it was a poor use of resources. Standardised rules …

April 2013 was an important date for the NHS Health Check programme, as for the entire
English NHS. The Health and Social Care Act brought the programme under the control of …

The tests that will set your mfind at rest Page 1 and seriously sick, be reflected in such tables?
Over the past 20 years my wife was treated in several different hospitals in north west England …

An expert panel is to be established to review the effectiveness and value for money of NHS
Health Checks, the£ 300m (€ 350m; $470 m) a year screening programme for 40 to 74 year …

Background: The NHS Health Check programme is the largest current prevention initiative in
England. Since its introduction in 2009 a growing literature has been published evaluating …

NHS Health Check is a national programme which identifies people at risk of developing
preventable illness including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease, which …

IT SEEMS a long time since, back in January 2008, Gordon Brown announced that people
will be eligible for a free checkup for heart attacks and strokes. This announcement evolved …