Bluecrest Health Screening

Yesterday 13^th March I received an envelope through the post addressed to me and inside was an invitation advertising private health checks to help me avoid heart disease and stroke.  The invitation then goes on to say that they have organised a clinic and they write to a small number of people in my area for whom appointments are available; my clinic date is April 10^th 2017.  If I wish to take up the appointment I just must call them.

The invitation includes four side of facts about stroke and heart disease.  The team doesn’t only check for my risk of heart disease and stroke but check my liver, kidneys, iron levels, metabolism, muscles, calcium, bone health, energy levels and apparently much more.

It is painless apart from a blood sample and I will eventually receive a report which I can show to my GP if I wish.  The readings in my report will be marked green for perfectly normal, Amber means the result is outside of the expected range, not necessarily anything to worry about but worth mentioning to your GP and then red is further outside of the normal range and you may want to contact your GP to go through that reading with them.

The invitation then goes into detail with what happens at my screening and certain words are underlined such as Blood Pressure, Blood Test Results, General Health Markers, Liver Function Test, Kidney Function, Gout, Full Lipid (Cholesterol) Profile, ECG Test, Biometric Analysis, Standard, Haematology Profile, Prostate Cancer Test and Ovarian Cancer.

Finally, I can have all this for just £129 and then they give comparison with BUPA and Nuffield.

I hate this kind of post and I know they probably sent the same letter to hundreds of people in my area.  I can ignore it, I have a good team of professionals looking after me but some people who receive this are vulnerable and may fell pressurised into taking up the invitation and spending money they may not have. 

Bluecrest have underlined keywords and to me this is just scaremongering.  I would like to know how they choose who they send this invitation to.  I have a congenital disability and other health issues my friend is healthy and we live at the same address and yet she has not received one which makes me wonder if they are just choosing people who already have health concerns.  I will be contacting them put just wanted to warn people they are in the area.