Health MOT on NHS
The Health Secretary, Andy Burnham is expected to announce today that everybody between the ages of 40 to 74 will have the legal right to a 5 yearly NHS health check which will assess their risk of heart disease, diabetes, strokes and kidney disease.
However, this is unlikely to be brought into law until 2012 and the legislation required to enforce this new right is unlikely to be passed before the next general election. It is not yet known whether the Conservatives will back the new health care MOT policy.
