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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
PEOPLE can now ask for a full health GP check in a bid to detect undiagnosed heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease and dementia.
Previously those aged 40 to 74 had to wait for a letter appointment.
But now they can request the 30-minute ‘NHS health check’ with their GP.
County health bosses who introduced the change are particularly keen to identify those with diabetes.
In Hampshire over 57,000 people over the age of 17 are known to have the condition, most of whom are overweight.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/dis...h_chiefs_introduce_30_minute_GP_health_check/
Previously those aged 40 to 74 had to wait for a letter appointment.
But now they can request the 30-minute ‘NHS health check’ with their GP.
County health bosses who introduced the change are particularly keen to identify those with diabetes.
In Hampshire over 57,000 people over the age of 17 are known to have the condition, most of whom are overweight.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/dis...h_chiefs_introduce_30_minute_GP_health_check/