Based on report by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the College of Family Physicians of Canada suggests annual checkups for healthy people aren’t necessary and can often cause harm. Several provinces made changes to annual checkups protocols and the report’s lead author says physicians were calling for the end of the yearly checkup for healthy people for decades. He suggests checkups for healthy people should be three to five years apart, with similar testing to that of a yearly checkup. The report suggests the yearly approach could still be useful for people older than 65. The researcher also believes getting rid of unnecessary checkups won't save money but would save time and decrease wait times for those who do need a doctor.
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