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Annual Check-ups

(56 Posts)
Sadgrandma Tue 09-Jun-26 10:41:26

I think you are lucky to get an annual check ups, they are being very careful to check that your new medication is not having an adverse effect.
I had a heart attack three years ago but never get called for a check up!

Georgesgran Tue 09-Jun-26 10:22:26

I didn’t get the annual checks and the nurse told DH it was because I wasn’t on any medication. However, I succumbed to blood pressure meds and have had a couple of annual checks since. However, like the bowel tests, I’m told the annual checks stops at 75, although I can request them if I so wish.

Franbern Tue 09-Jun-26 09:05:05

Any annual check-up should take account of ALL prescription medications you are taking, as well as blood tests and bp etc. Usually has a Nurse Practitioner for these, not a GP

Greenfinch Tue 09-Jun-26 08:59:22

I have never had one of these checks although in my late seventies. However,I have no complaints about our surgery. We can always get an appointment without too long a wait if we have any concerns but they do leave it to us to take the initiative although there are regular checks for asthma etc. Just not a general MOT as far as I know.

Tuliptree Tue 09-Jun-26 08:58:31

A badly run practice. I have an annual review, which basically is the taking of a blood sample and the sending in online of blood pressure readings. I take medication for hypertension and hypothyroidism and the review covers both those and the other usual tests. What's happening to you is ridiculous. Have you spoken to them about it?

mum2three Tue 09-Jun-26 08:52:34

I am in my late 70s and for the past few years I have been called in for annual MOTs. Weight and blood pressure are taken, plus a blood sample.
Fine, I don't have a problem with that apart from the fact that they keep pressuring me to take statins.
Now, however, because I'm taking 3 different medications, I've been called in for three separate checks. They do the same tests and ask the same questions. This just doesn't make any sense to me.
Do the rest of you get called in as frequently, or this a sign of a badly run practise?