Where To Get A Full Health Check-up?
If you’re keen to find out more about your general health, a full health check-up can give you a comprehensive overview. With insights into key metrics like your cardiovascular health, metabolic function and risk of certain health conditions, a full health check allows you to delve into every facet of your health.
Armed with this knowledge, you can then take proactive steps to optimise your general health and wellbeing and reduce your risk of developing many health conditions.
Keep reading to learn where you can get a full medical check-up in the UK and the different options available, including NHS and private full medical check-ups.
What is a full health check-up?
A full health check assesses key functions of your body, providing insights into your overall health. As many health conditions may go unnoticed until symptoms present, a medical check can pick up underlying health concerns that may have otherwise been overlooked.
Early detection of diseases and health conditions enables prompt interventions and proactive health management plans to be put in place, which can help improve your prognosis.
Typically, a full health check-up includes:
- A comprehensive assessment of your existing lifestyle, medical and family history
- Analysis of your lung, kidney, liver, and heart health
- A range of blood tests for common, often preventable health conditions, like high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
- Insights into your bone health, essential protein, iron, and other key metrics
- Comprehensive risk scores for certain health conditions, like heart disease and stroke risk
A full health check offers insights to help you identify potential health issues before they escalate. This empowers you to make any necessary diet or lifestyle changes or seek timely treatment to help reduce and manage your risk of more serious health issues.
What are the benefits of having a full health check-up?
The benefits of getting regular full medical check-ups include:
- Early detection of health issues: Detecting potential health issues earlier can help you take preventative action and stop certain health conditions from developing.
- Effective early treatment: Knowing about health conditions early, often before you notice symptoms, can ensure you start any necessary treatment sooner, which can help reduce additional complications and improve your long-term prognosis.
- Improved quality of life: Addressing any potential health risks can help improve your overall quality of life by enabling you to prevent or manage your risk factors.
- Personalised results: Your results provide unique insights into your overall health and wellbeing, enabling healthcare professionals to provide personalised advice on the steps you could take to improve your health.
- Providing insights into ongoing health conditions: If you already have ongoing health concerns, full-body medical check-ups can provide insights into how your condition is being managed and whether any changes to your current treatment plan are recommended.
- Better understanding of how your family history can impact your future health: Understanding how your family history can increase your risk of certain conditions can enable you to take a proactive approach to managing any factors you can control, like your weight or diet.
- Insights into your lifestyle: Knowing more about your health can help you understand why certain lifestyle factors may put you at higher risk of some health conditions than others.
Where can I get a full health check-up?
If you are aged 40-74 and have no existing health conditions, you can get a free NHS Health Check every five years. If you have any existing health conditions, you may already receive comprehensive tests like those covered in a full medical check-up through your annual review appointment at your GP surgery.
If you’re under 40, you don’t qualify for an NHS Health Check as you are considered at lower risk of many of the conditions it screens for, like type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure. However, if you have any concerns, you should raise them with your GP.
At Bluecrest Wellness, we understand many people are keen to get more regular insights into their general health and wellbeing or may want the convenience of being able to book an appointment at a time and place to suit them. That’s why we offer comprehensive full medical check-ups in clinics across the UK. Plus, with an extensive range of options, from general health MOTs to specialist cancer risk tests, you can rest assured that we’ve got your health covered.
Why choose Bluecrest Wellness for a full medical check-up?
At Bluecrest Wellness, we are committed to providing exceptional-quality full health check-ups for complete peace of mind. Our full health checks offer a comprehensive range of high-quality tests and the reassurance and support of our friendly and fully trained healthcare professionals.
Other benefits of choosing Bluecrest Wellness for your full health check-up include:
Packages tailored to your needs
We offer a range of different Health MOTs, enabling you to choose the perfect full medical check-up for your needs. Our Active Full Health Check package starts at just £149 and offers all the key insights into your health. However, more comprehensive options, which include additional tests like a body composition scan or specific cancer risk tests, are also available.
Fast, reliable results
We have established links with leading UK laboratories and are fully accredited for a wide range of tests, meaning you can be confident you will receive accurate results quickly.
A personal Results Report
We provide a comprehensive personal Results Report for all our full medical check-ups that explains each test result in detail. Every result is ‘flagged’ green, amber, or red to ensure it's easy for you to see any area of concern. We also provide follow-up advice on ways you can improve your results and will inform you if any results need further follow-up with your own GP. All your test results are available to view securely online within around eight days.
Private GP consultation
Once you’ve received your Results Report, you can book an online consultation or phone call with a private GP on a date and time that is convenient for you. The GP you see for your appointment will have a copy of all your results so they can talk through any areas of concern you may have.
24/7 GP helpline
We understand that your Results Report contains a lot of health information and that taking it all in at once can be difficult. That’s why we provide you with unlimited access to a 24/7 GP helpline for a year after your appointment.
Book a full health check-up
Private health checks offer complete peace of mind for anyone wanting to take a proactive approach to their health. At Bluecrest Wellness, our range of comprehensive full medical health checks are designed with you in mind. From general health MOTs to specialist cancer risk tests and vitamin and mineral levels, we've got you covered whatever your health concerns. Book a full health MOT today if you want to take a proactive approach to managing your health.
