I have received a letter this morning from a Health screening firm with 6 steps and checks to help avoid health problems the six tests are priced individualy with a total of £i29. My question is , is it worth persuing bearing in mind that I am now 80yrs. plus and also is it worth passing on to friends and family
It's a selling exercise, grandfather - at your age, your GP can give you that raft of tests for nothing, as a matter of routine. All you have to do is ring the surgery and go and discuss it with your GP.
If it's something I was offered and took up, it wasn't a scam at all.
At the time the NHS weren't offering Aortic aneurism screening.
I also had a couple of other tests done that weren't on the NHS.
As it was at our local Hall, I thought I'd give it a go.
I wouldn't have one of these screens, nor would I pass on the letter to my family.
"....according to the body which advises the government on screening, the procedures offered by private companies such as Life Line Screening can be expensive, unnecessary and misleading."