The NHS Health Check is associated with a short-term increase in diagnoses of hypertension, high cholesterol, and chronic kidney disease, but reduced longer-term multimorbidity and mortality, ...

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 ...

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

Only two out of every five adults called in for an 'NHS Health Check' actually took up the invitation in the latest blow to the multi-million scheme GPs have labelled 'a waste of time and money'. NHS ...

Three in five people invited for an NHS Health Check the past year did not take up the offer, an analysis of NHS data shows. In 2023/24, 3.6 million people were invited to attend an NHS Health Check – ...

New data obtained by Full Fact reveals that a 3.6 million rise in the number of hospital appointments – celebrated by the government as a “massive increase” – is actually smaller than the increase ...