• PETER Rutherford wrote an excellent letter on preventing illness rather than trying to cure it later, (Let’s have a campaign to get health check-ups by GPs treated seriously , May 31).

I’ve always felt it would save the NHS a lot of money if doctors were trained this way and not brainwashed by pharmaceutical companies into prescribing so heavily, giving them huge profits.

A new NHS study shows how type 2 diabetics can reduce their chances of needing insulin later.

ISOLDE LAWLOR