BMJ  2008;336:160 (19 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39461.484132.59

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Ladas and MOTs

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I once owned a Soviet Lada Riva—it seemed like a good deal. The mats didn’t fit, it skidded at 10 mph going round corners, and, for a car built for the Siberian wastes, it never started in the cold. But it was a good way to meet my neighbours, who helped to push it every morning. One day an engine fire blazed my Lada to Valhalla, despite regular servicing check ups and an MOT test. I was glad.

Gordon Brown, our new politburo boss, has promised a revolution of American-style screening "check ups" (BMJ 2008;336:62-3; doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.738912.4E). Should we recalcitrant general practitioners resist this centralised diktat, then private sector workers are on standby to be bused across our picket lines. For screening is a simply a good idea, isn’t it? Detect a life threatening disease early, treat it early, and save lives. The popular media have long bemoaned . . . [Full text of this article]

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