12:27, Wed, Nov 13, 2024 Updated: 12:36, Wed, Nov 13, 2024 The effectiveness of an expansive NHS service has been called into question by a Government watchdog. The NHS Health Check, which was ...

The effectiveness of the NHS system, designed to promote health from middle age onwards, has been called into question by a Government watchdog. In an announcement preluding a new review of the NHS ...

Regular health checks become crucial at a certain stage in life to ensure any conditions are identified and managed before they worsen. The NHS typically offers this routine service to anyone aged ...

Everyone aged 40 has been urged to "come forward" by the NHS - as free health MOTs and checks are rolled out. The NHS Health ...

The Government's spending watchdog has raised concerns about the value of a widespread NHS programme. The NHS Health Check service, initiated in 2009 during Labour's tenure, is due for assessment amid ...

There are specific health checks that are recommended by the NHS for certain age groups and demographics, like smear tests, ...

Women across England will soon see menopause included in routine NHS appointments for the first time, following a significant update from the Department of Health and Social Care. These changes, ...

Announcing a flagship health policy in 2008, the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown claimed that the way the NHS diagnosed and treated deadly diseases was set for a 'transformation'. He promised that, ...

A national review has been ordered into the NHS Health Check because fewer than half of eligible adults are having one. The mid-life health MOTs every five years are supposed to keep people well but a ...

Exclusive GP practices in South Gloucestershire have been told to limit the number of NHS Health Checks that they provide, Pulse can reveal. GPs have warned that this means that practices can usually ...

What are NHS Health Checks? While you might think NHS Health Checks are just regular GP appointments, they are actually free assessments of the heart and blood vessels. These are currently aimed at ...