title: Minister defends controversial NHS Health Checks programme.
authors.affiliation: London.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*