over 75 health check

Oh, do give it a rest, durhamjen...

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If you feel like you need one, go now and ask for it. I have a feeling the powers that be will soon put a stop to them.

We've been getting the lifestyle check offers ever since we moved here 7 years ago.

I think the over 75 health check is a really good idea. If not for my peace of mind, then for my family's. I know several people at the moment who are going through hell because of fibbing older relatives, telling their doctors that they are fine when they are not, and so not getting help when they need it. My cousin's father has just been refused an evening carer because he said he was making a sandwich before she got there, so didn't need her. He wasn't, and now he has no-one to check on him in the evenings and no help unless his children take it in turns to drive an hour away. I think a doctor would be able to tell if he was malnourished, at the very least.

DDiL's mother is over 75. She has just had a letter from her surgery telling her who her nominated GP is. Is it the doctor she always sees and who knows her and her medical problems well? No, of course it isn't. It is a GP whose name she did not even recognise and has never seen, which means he does not know anything about her or her problems.

Last year I got my invitation for my over 40 check up (at 70). It arrived two weeks after an annual check I get because it was discovered a few years ago that my kidney function is lower than is considered ideal. As far as I could see the only difference between the two examinations was 'lifestyle advice'. I wrote to my GP and pointed out that it was a waste of their time and resources and mine to have two identical checks within weeks of each other and suggested that they do the lifestyle check when I came in for my annual kidney MOT this year.

To my amazement when my reminder for this year's check up arrived it included a life style questionnaire - did I smoke, how much did I drink and how much exercise did I take. I filled it in sent it back, had the check and it was never mentioned, presumably I passed the lifestyle check and needed no advice.

Thanks Durhamjen. I should have stayed more alert and made some notes I think it is being done by pharmacists in our area which is interesting. Our local pharmacist certainly has more of a handle on OH's drugs than anyone else seems to and has made useful suggestions in the past.

The general health check/MOT is for anyone over forty, Purple.

For some reason I imagined a dedicated GP as Dr Finlay with or without Casebook

There you are jingl your own dedicated GP. Don't you fancy that?

Coincidentally, we went to an NHS patient voice conference today (we know how to have a good time) and they talked about new checks for the over 75s. Apparently when you reach that esteemed age you also get a GP who is dedicated to you. I also found out about another NHS initiative which gives you a general BP and cholesterol type MOT, apparently that can be done by GP or local pharmacist,depending on local arrangements. I think that is for the over 60s, but was overcome with the excitement of the conference and didn't get the details.

When I get my kind invitation to this "health check", I will explain to them that I will contact them when I feel poorly, and until then they can bugger off.

I don't think we can blame everything on the EU.

I wonder if this is an EU thing, or just the UK?

I hadn't heard of it Greenfinch. I received a text message out of the Blue, asking me to make an appointment. The nurse told me that they are NOW doing it every year. So it probably is NEW.
They ask allsorts of personal questions. Medical and practical. Such as do you have a cleaner or gardener? Do you drink Alcohol or smoke. How is your bladder and bowels performing. etc.etc.

I've got another two and a bit years. Don't want more health checks. #leavemealone

I have never heard of this test and DH is over 75. How do you go about getting it ?