The Annual Health MOT in Farnham: Why, and What's In It

You service the car annually without waiting for smoke. The case for doing the same with your health is stronger: the failures are quieter, the repairs get harder with delay, and unlike the car, replacement isn't an option.

The case for annual

The conditions that shorten lives most, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers, develop silently for years first. Blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar are cheap to measure and meaningful to track; caught drifting early, most are corrected with modest changes. Caught late, they're managed rather than fixed. The annual rhythm exists because trends are where the signal lives: this year against last year, read by the same GP.

What the Farnham MOT covers

• Full GP consultation: history, lifestyle, family risk and current concerns
• Physical examination, blood pressure and BMI
• Core bloods: cholesterol, HbA1c, liver, kidney, thyroid, full blood count
• Urine and stool screening as standard
• Sensible extensions where indicated: ECGs, extra bloods, imaging referrals
• Written report and unhurried debrief, with a plan ranked by importance

What you actually get

Usually: well-founded reassurance, a baseline that compounds in value each year, and occasionally the early catch that makes the whole habit pay for itself many times over. An hour a year at our Farnham clinic. Book it like the car service, recurring.