Health Check-Up Planner by Age: What and When

Which health checks do you need at your age, and how often? Enter your age, sex and country to get a personal check-up checklist based on official screening programmes in the US, UK, Canada and Australia (or WHO-based general advice), with what each test is, why it matters and what to ask your doctor.

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How this check-up planner works

The planner matches your age, sex, country and risk factors against the screening recommendations of national expert bodies, checked on 1 November 2026:

  • United States: grade A and B recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the panel whose recommendations decide which preventive services most US health plans cover without cost-sharing. Prostate screening is included as a shared decision because the USPSTF rates it as an individual choice for men 55 to 69.
  • United Kingdom: NHS population screening programmes and the NHS Health Check. Ages are for England unless stated; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own programmes, and bowel screening ages differ by nation.
  • Canada: the most recent recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which ended its mandate on 31 March 2026 and is being replaced by the new National Advisory Committee on Preventive Health Services. Cancer screening is run by provinces and territories, so local ages and tests can differ. Cholesterol testing follows the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
  • Australia: the national bowel, breast, cervical and lung cancer screening programs and the RACGP “Red Book” guidelines for preventive activities in general practice.
  • Other countries: WHO advice where it exists (blood pressure, cervical screening, flu vaccination), plus the age ranges used by the national programmes above as a starting point for a conversation with your doctor.

Each item is sorted into three groups: due now (the programme recommends it at your age), worth discussing (a shared decision, or something your risk factors make worth raising) and coming up (it starts at a later age). Flu vaccination is included where the national schedule is simple to state; other vaccines depend on your history, so ask your doctor or pharmacist which ones are due.

Tips for your next check-up

  • Bring the list. Print it or copy it into your phone, and tick off what you have already had and when.
  • Know your family history. Early heart disease, diabetes or bowel cancer in a parent, brother or sister can change when and how you are screened.
  • Screening is for people without symptoms. If you have symptoms such as blood in your poo, a change in bowel habit, chest pain, breathlessness or unexplained weight loss, see a doctor now rather than waiting for a screening invitation.
  • Use your numbers. Once you know your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, our guides on heart health after 35, lowering blood pressure naturally and prediabetes after 35 show what to do next.

Sources

  1. US Preventive Services Task Force. A and B recommendations; individual statements on hypertension, statins, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, abdominal aortic aneurysm, prostate cancer, hepatitis C, HIV, breast cancer and cervical cancer.
  2. UK Health Security Agency / NHS England. Population screening timeline (January 2026); AAA screening leaflet; NHS Health Check; Autumn 2026 flu vaccine eligibility.
  3. Cancer Research UK. Bowel cancer screening across the UK; Prostate cancer screening. Public Health Wales. Bowel screening age lowered to 50. Bowel Cancer UK. Northern Ireland screening age (April 2026).
  4. Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Guidelines on hypertension, type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, abdominal aortic aneurysm, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer and fragility fractures. Public Health Agency of Canada. New national advisory committee (June 2026); NACI seasonal influenza statement. Canadian Cardiovascular Society. 2021 dyslipidemia guidelines.
  5. Australian Government. National Lung Cancer Screening Program. Cancer Council Australia. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program FAQ. Cancer Council Victoria. The national cancer screening programs. RACGP Red Book: blood pressure, absolute cardiovascular risk, diabetes, prostate cancer. Queensland Health. 2026 influenza vaccination advice.
  6. World Health Organization. Measure your blood pressure, reduce your risk; New recommendations for cervical cancer screening (2021); Influenza vaccines position paper (2022).

This planner is general education, not medical advice. Screening guidelines change, programmes differ by region, and your doctor may advise different tests or timings based on your personal and family history, symptoms and previous results. Screening is for people without symptoms: if you have symptoms, see a doctor.

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