Meet the cyclist who is glad he was knocked unconscious by a car

Don't expect much if it's anything like mine - height and weight checked, blood pressure taken and a blood test taken for cholestorol. A few questions about  general health, smoking and drinking habits and that was it. Five minutes at the most.

Thanks for the expectation management.  I was hoping they'd do the test for prostate cancer (the blood one, not the finger up the bum one).  Pretty sure I'm ok on everything else (marginally overweight, blood pressure should be ok, I'm active, don't drink, don't smoke, not brilliant diet).

I was hoping they'd do the test for prostate cancer (the blood one, not the finger up the bum one)

You should be hoping they don't 'do the test for prostate cancer'. There are good reasons there is no NHS Prostate Cancer Screening Program like the excellent NHS one for bowel cancer. The Health Check is almost completely crowd-pleasing junk, except for BP and diabetes tests. The smokers will be obvious on sight and will continue to smoke until their first heart attack or stroke, and often after- if they survive it

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... height and weight checked...

I had that and discovered I'm shrinking.  I'm 52 this year, and I'm an inch shorter than I was when I was 20 (which was, in all fairness, the last time I checked my height).  That extra inch would make all the difference on my BMI...