medical checks/screening for men?

seven-day-weekend

Are there any?

As a 61-year-old woman, I have regular smear tests and mammograms. I have also had a bowel cancer test which was sent through the post.

I was wondering if there was anything similar for men? My husband is 62 and physically fit, and has also had the postal bowel cancer test, but there does not appear to be anything else for men.

Does anyone know of anything else?

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Just send him off to the drs to check. Men in general never tend to go to the drs unless they are really ill or their other half sends them! Good idea to have a general MOT...

anamenottaken

NHS Health Checks - for those aged 40 to 74 (male or female) who are not already recorded by their GP as having kidney or heart disease, suffered a stroke, or being diabetic. See here http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/NHSHealthCheck/Pages/NHSHealthCheck.aspx

tangerine2

Men can ask to test their PSA levels to see if they have any signs of prostate cancer. My husband did as his cousin died of prostate cancer. It was slightly raised and is now monitored every year with a blood test.

NotSoWise

Bowel screening includes males. Also England is rolling out aortic aneurysm scans for males in their 65th year.

Look at this website:

add www and the dots - as a new poster cannot add website (sigh)

cancerscreening nhs uk

aaa screening nhs uk

seven-day-weekend

Thanks to everyone who has replied....most helpful.

Errata

This is what BUPA offers (at a price) - no membership required http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/keeping-well/health-assessments/complete-health/complete-detail

Annacho

men aged 40-60


http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2378.aspx?CategoryID=61&SubCategoryID=619

65 plus.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Screening/Pages/Checksover65s.aspx

there doesn't seem to be anything available for the years inbetween the two links above.:)