What are politicians focusing on around the world?
Health
Who is thinking about it in the UK?
Gordon Brown
Who is he?
The UK Prime Minister
What does he want to do?
Make some changes in health service.
What is his plan for doing so?
give the NHS a greater focus on prevention
Instead of what?
just curing patients.
What is one way he thinks this can be accomplished?
Increase screenings for Common diseases
Such as?
Heart disease, strokes, cancer, and breast cancer.
Who would be screened?
Initially, the the vulnerable.
Don't only 50,000 die a year from heart attacks?
No
How many?
200,000 from heart attacks and strokes
Are any of them able to be avoided?
Might have been.
How many men a year are killed from problems with their main blood vessels?
unknown
What does kill 3,000 men a year?
Problems with the main artery
Who do they want to screen for that problem?
All men over 65.
Is the test invasive?
no
How do they screen them?
ultrasound
What occured in 1948?
The NHS was founded.
Who covers the cost?
Citizens through taxation.