Prime minister promises raft of new screening tests -- White 336 (7635): 62 --... - The Diigo Meta page

• 29 May 08
  

  Douglas Atlas

  details of Gordon Brown's screening fantasy

  publichealth screening uk politics health diabetes

  • The screening tests will target abdominal aortic aneurysm in men aged over 65, "a range of heart and circulation problems," stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease and would use an extended range of diagnostic procedures available in general practices, he said.
  • it was not yet known exactly which screening tests would be carried out, how much they would cost, or how the government proposed to target the most vulnerable and marginalised groups.
  • There has been no attempt to talk to GPs about how these proposals might work.

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