If you're not sick you should not be subjected to too much testing, because the risk is that you are diagnosed with a thing that will not harm you. And once you're diagnosed with it the tendency is to treat you for it. Treatment is not a neutral option, it carries risk.
Over-testing, over-diagnosis, and over-treatment all contribute to patient harm.
The argument was that the NHS does the exact correct amount of testing, diagnosis and treatment. That’s patently false.
The NHS regularly fails me, my friends, my family by refusing to do diagnostics while clearly sick. My GP refused to test me for Lyme disease even though I had lots of classic symptoms and had been in close contact with a deer (because he believed they’re not an issue in the area.)
I feel we’ve strayed quite far from my original point but that’s to be expected in any religious discussion.
If you're not sick you should not be subjected to too much testing, because the risk is that you are diagnosed with a thing that will not harm you. And once you're diagnosed with it the tendency is to treat you for it. Treatment is not a neutral option, it carries risk.
Over-testing, over-diagnosis, and over-treatment all contribute to patient harm.