Doing good

It would be perverse not to acknowledge that the Executive and the NHS are improving their capacity for preventive health care. This press release is an example:

Up to 150 lives could be saved each year thanks to the rollout of a national bowel cancer screening programme, it was announced today.
The move will see the introduction of a nationwide scheme targeting all men and women in Scotland aged between 50 and 74. When implementation is complete around 650,000 people will be issued with home test kits every year and individuals will be screened once every two years.

I cannot honestly say that I look forward to the receipt of my home test kit, but it might just save my life...