NHS Well Man health check ups
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If any men here are interested in having an NHS well man check up.....
I was at my GP's today and whilst there I asked if they do any 'well man' type health checkups. They explained that a few years ago there was government funding for five yearly check ups for men over 40 who were not under treatment for anything, and I discovered I had one back in 2014 that I don't recall. The funding was then stopped so the repeat health checks also stopped.
My doctor said they still do them but only upon request and conducted one with me there and then - blood pressure check, blood samples given and questions around diet and exercise etc. So if anyone feels they would like one then you just need to ask your GP.
I was at my GP's today and whilst there I asked if they do any 'well man' type health checkups. They explained that a few years ago there was government funding for five yearly check ups for men over 40 who were not under treatment for anything, and I discovered I had one back in 2014 that I don't recall. The funding was then stopped so the repeat health checks also stopped.
My doctor said they still do them but only upon request and conducted one with me there and then - blood pressure check, blood samples given and questions around diet and exercise etc. So if anyone feels they would like one then you just need to ask your GP.
The Gauge said:
So if anyone feels they would like one then you just need to ask your GP.
Last time I called my GP because I was worried about my blood pressure the recorded message said they didn't actually do appointments anymore. I eventually got through to reception and they said someone would contact me regarding a call from a Dr. I then got a text telling me that I would get a call in a months time.How are you all getting appointments and how are Dr still using Covid as an excuse for not seeing anyone?
I've had them in the past but when I enquired in 2020/21 on the 5 year anniversary I was told they had temporarily stopped du eto the covid workload/baclog etc. That seeme dfair enough.
I have recently git a text message telling me I am due one but other than that nothing about how to arrange it so will call the surgery to book. I assumed all NHS regions dished these out but maybe none done for last few years due to covid.
I have recently git a text message telling me I am due one but other than that nothing about how to arrange it so will call the surgery to book. I assumed all NHS regions dished these out but maybe none done for last few years due to covid.
I had one a few months ago, my GP actually sent me a letter inviting me to get one. I was told by the (quite surly - possibly been learning people skills from the receptionist 
) nurse that did the test that I would get the results either by text, by phonecall, or by letter after three weeks. Five weeks later I received a text saying that my cholesterol test results were fine. That was it. Fortunately when I logged into my account my results were there, and all ok.
So yes, get the test, and if your surgery is like mine, probably chase the results up!
) nurse that did the test that I would get the results either by text, by phonecall, or by letter after three weeks. Five weeks later I received a text saying that my cholesterol test results were fine. That was it. Fortunately when I logged into my account my results were there, and all ok. So yes, get the test, and if your surgery is like mine, probably chase the results up!
Joey Deacon said:
How are you all getting appointments and how are Dr still using Covid as an excuse for not seeing anyone?
I was attending an appointment relating to a previous PSA test they had done, so I asked about the well man check whilst I was there.I got that appointment following a PSA test my employers had arranged with an outside health care company, my result warranted a further test at my GP's so I phoned them and they made me an appointment for a 2nd test
Scarletpimpofnel said:
I've had them in the past but when I enquired in 2020/21 on the 5 year anniversary I was told they had temporarily stopped du eto the covid workload/baclog etc. That seeme dfair enough.
I have recently git a text message telling me I am due one but other than that nothing about how to arrange it so will call the surgery to book. I assumed all NHS regions dished these out but maybe none done for last few years due to covid.
FWIW update -I have recently git a text message telling me I am due one but other than that nothing about how to arrange it so will call the surgery to book. I assumed all NHS regions dished these out but maybe none done for last few years due to covid.
Having got a text telling me I can have a test I called the Dr. Got 1st appointment in mid Sept to have bloods taken etc, then a second appointment a week later to review the results of the blood tests and talk about risk factors etc. I'm quite pleased someone is taking an interest in my health!
Joey Deacon said:
Last time I called my GP because I was worried about my blood pressure the recorded message said they didn't actually do appointments anymore. I eventually got through to reception and they said someone would contact me regarding a call from a Dr. I then got a text telling me that I would get a call in a months time.
How are you all getting appointments and how are Dr still using Covid as an excuse for not seeing anyone?
I suspect you mean face-to-face appointments rather than no appointments at all. I wouldn't expect to see a GP on every visit to my surgery when there are other qualified staff available i.e. to check blood pressure though there's a BP machine in the waiting room that gives a print out you can hand in. How are you all getting appointments and how are Dr still using Covid as an excuse for not seeing anyone?
General practice has introduced a triage system so that patients are dealt with by the most appropriate clinician - healthcare assistant, practice nurse, advanced nurse practitioner, mental health nurse, pharmacist or GP.
No one's using Covid as an excuse, the impact of an infectious disease in a medical setting can be very serious.
Riley Blue said:
I suspect you mean face-to-face appointments rather than no appointments at all. I wouldn't expect to see a GP on every visit to my surgery when there are other qualified staff available i.e. to check blood pressure though there's a BP machine in the waiting room that gives a print out you can hand in.
My GP surgery has one of these, though I didn’t know what it was and had to ask. I assumed it was something to do with donating sperm…
The Gauge said:
My GP surgery has one of these, though I didn’t know what it was and had to ask. I assumed it was something to do with donating sperm…
That's a disgusting assumption about a piece of kit that our NHS provides.As the diagram clearly shows, it's a device for testing your fisting technique.
Scarletpimpofnel said:
The Gauge said:
If that is the case then I definitely feel intimidated by it's girth.C70GT said:
If that really is the case, I would want some different pictorials on the wall to get in the mood.
And maybe a curtain (for privacy, not for wiping). The nurse said they get a lot of false high results as folk rush in, do the test, handover the printout and rush off again whereas they need to sit for 15mins to relax first.
Being over 50 (and been to the docs twice in the last 30 years), combined with a few too many health scares amongst friends and family of late (Heart attacks, Cancer etc etc), got me thinking I'd like to get a full health-check.
More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
Wilmslowboy said:
Being over 50 (and been to the docs twice in the last 30 years), combined with a few too many health scares amongst friends and family of late (Heart attacks, Cancer etc etc), got me thinking I'd like to get a full health-check.
More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
Plenty of choice if you are paying e.g. https://www.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/specialities/h...More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
Wilmslowboy said:
Being over 50 (and been to the docs twice in the last 30 years), combined with a few too many health scares amongst friends and family of late (Heart attacks, Cancer etc etc), got me thinking I'd like to get a full health-check.
More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
What are you hoping to find, what do you think a CT or MRI would show that you didn't already know about? More than happy to pay, but wanting more than a chat or simple blood test, instead the full works i.e. CT/ MRI, CMIT scans etc
Any recommendations where ?
Might be worth starting with the basics - book an NHS health check (available to most people aged 40-74), attend in any screening programs you have missed but are eligible for (depending on age and gender might be looking cervical, breast, bowel, aneurysm) and go from there. That should pick up most of the common conditions or risk factors that people are unaware of yet benefit from getting picked up and treated early (such as high blood pressure or cholesterol), and gives you the opportunity to discuss other concerns that you might have (e.g. screening for lung cancer which is being introduced for heavy smokers).
One of the issues that comes with testing for everything under the kitchen sink barring serum rhubarb is that the more tests you do, the more likely you find one or more comes back slightly abnormal which warrants further investigation. Even if it often turns out in the end to be normal for you and not harmful, you can spend a shedload more time and money investigating further (assuming you do it in the private clinic rather than asking your GP to refer you for a load more investigations that may or may not be based on spurious results). Several percent of people who take up so-called full body scans etc discover they have an undiagnosed "incidentaloma" - something on the X-ray that looks suspicious, that they never knew they had, causes lots of worry, needs further tests but turns out not to be a problem. There are small but not negligible risks of harm from any X-ray or other medical investigation which must be balanced against the benefits of knowing that at the day of the testing, nothing abnormal, or harmful, was found (which of course could change at any point subsequently). Chances are most people will be many times more likely to have something boringly simple like high blood pressure that they didn't know they had, but which could be a ticking time bomb for a stroke, and which a body scan wouldn't pick up.
Declaration of interest - medical doctor involved in NHS health checks and other screening tests
Chromegrill said:
What are you hoping to find, what do you think a CT or MRI would show that you didn't already know about?
Might be worth starting with the basics - book an NHS health check (available to most people aged 40-74), attend in any screening programs you have missed but are eligible for (depending on age and gender might be looking cervical, breast, bowel, aneurysm) and go from there. That should pick up most of the common conditions or risk factors that people are unaware of yet benefit from getting picked up and treated early (such as high blood pressure or cholesterol), and gives you the opportunity to discuss other concerns that you might have (e.g. screening for lung cancer which is being introduced for heavy smokers).
One of the issues that comes with testing for everything under the kitchen sink barring serum rhubarb is that the more tests you do, the more likely you find one or more comes back slightly abnormal which warrants further investigation. Even if it often turns out in the end to be normal for you and not harmful, you can spend a shedload more time and money investigating further (assuming you do it in the private clinic rather than asking your GP to refer you for a load more investigations that may or may not be based on spurious results). Several percent of people who take up so-called full body scans etc discover they have an undiagnosed "incidentaloma" - something on the X-ray that looks suspicious, that they never knew they had, causes lots of worry, needs further tests but turns out not to be a problem. There are small but not negligible risks of harm from any X-ray or other medical investigation which must be balanced against the benefits of knowing that at the day of the testing, nothing abnormal, or harmful, was found (which of course could change at any point subsequently). Chances are most people will be many times more likely to have something boringly simple like high blood pressure that they didn't know they had, but which could be a ticking time bomb for a stroke, and which a body scan wouldn't pick up.
Declaration of interest - medical doctor involved in NHS health checks and other screening tests
Thanks for post, I’m not sure exactly what I’m after - reassurance I guess, or catch any issues earlier.Might be worth starting with the basics - book an NHS health check (available to most people aged 40-74), attend in any screening programs you have missed but are eligible for (depending on age and gender might be looking cervical, breast, bowel, aneurysm) and go from there. That should pick up most of the common conditions or risk factors that people are unaware of yet benefit from getting picked up and treated early (such as high blood pressure or cholesterol), and gives you the opportunity to discuss other concerns that you might have (e.g. screening for lung cancer which is being introduced for heavy smokers).
One of the issues that comes with testing for everything under the kitchen sink barring serum rhubarb is that the more tests you do, the more likely you find one or more comes back slightly abnormal which warrants further investigation. Even if it often turns out in the end to be normal for you and not harmful, you can spend a shedload more time and money investigating further (assuming you do it in the private clinic rather than asking your GP to refer you for a load more investigations that may or may not be based on spurious results). Several percent of people who take up so-called full body scans etc discover they have an undiagnosed "incidentaloma" - something on the X-ray that looks suspicious, that they never knew they had, causes lots of worry, needs further tests but turns out not to be a problem. There are small but not negligible risks of harm from any X-ray or other medical investigation which must be balanced against the benefits of knowing that at the day of the testing, nothing abnormal, or harmful, was found (which of course could change at any point subsequently). Chances are most people will be many times more likely to have something boringly simple like high blood pressure that they didn't know they had, but which could be a ticking time bomb for a stroke, and which a body scan wouldn't pick up.
Declaration of interest - medical doctor involved in NHS health checks and other screening tests
I feel with little or no tests for 30 years, I might need a full comprehensive scan first.
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