The Department of Health have discovered that people in their 60s are ignoring signs of ill health because they fear being dismissed as hypochondriacs or believe medical problems are a by-product of ageing.

It was announced that almost a third (31 per cent) of people in their 60s put off visiting their GP because they think problems will simply go away and do not want to bother their GP.

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