[Doug]

Might not be a bad idea Margaret, I begrudgingly went for a check up late last year because I felt sluggish. I was a stone and half over weight and my cholesterol was far too high. I did diet as a result and lost a stone (I’ve put 7lb back on over Christmas) and dropped a trouser size and feel much better for it. There are a couple of things still to attend to and we only have one life, in these bodies anyway.

I don’t think we need to go to these extremes of MOTs and the like. What is needed is greater education and the opportunity to see a Doctor when you need to not when they can fit you in.

I don’t know if you know but the Government are looking to put computerised self monitoring modules in some public places where you can have routine and basic feel well checks done. I have some paper work somewhere I’ll dig it out. Anyway it’s all related to “Telecare Monitoring” within the Health and Social Care sectors.