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NHS health checks should be extended in a bid to stop the elderly being "thrown on the scrap heap", say councillors.
Currently, adults aged between 40 and 74 receive free checks every five years to assess their risk of vascular problems such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Patients leave the programme if they are diagnosed with a vascular disease and require treatment or once they reach the age of 75. But councillors around the county are pushing for a review of the national scheme - especially in Lincolnshire where there is an ageing population.
Joyce Frost, a North Kesteven District Council representative on the health scrutiny committee at Lincolnshire County Council, said: "We are chucking elderly people on the scrap heap and it is not right.
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...tory-19261799-detail/story.html#axzz2WN7KIXxK
Currently, adults aged between 40 and 74 receive free checks every five years to assess their risk of vascular problems such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Patients leave the programme if they are diagnosed with a vascular disease and require treatment or once they reach the age of 75. But councillors around the county are pushing for a review of the national scheme - especially in Lincolnshire where there is an ageing population.
Joyce Frost, a North Kesteven District Council representative on the health scrutiny committee at Lincolnshire County Council, said: "We are chucking elderly people on the scrap heap and it is not right.
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...tory-19261799-detail/story.html#axzz2WN7KIXxK