Over-40s health MOTs in question

[Northerner]

Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time, says the UK's leading GP.

Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of GPs, says the government is promoting its NHS Health Check programme "against good evidence".

Her comments come after The Times newspaper published a letter from Danish researchers criticising the programme.

The Nordic Cochrane Centre group found health MoTs did not reduce deaths.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23765083

 

[LeeLee]

I wonder if that's because the majority of people who are likely to take up the offer are the 'worried well', and the target group are head-in-sand types?