How would you go about getting a "full" health check?

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A friend has has a terrible time of it recently, repeated illnesses ranging from stiff muscles, ear infection, D&V swollen testicle, just one thing after another.

Until approx 2 years ago he was one of those never had a day's illness types.

The doctors is (eventually) arranging for the symptoms to be treated, he's had one op and is waiting for another but there doesn't seem to be any attempt to identify an underlying cause.

Is there such a thing as a full health check and how would you go a out getting one? I'd pay if I could, he's an Army vet who has struggled with his mental health, which is deteriorating fast as he's no longer able to do the exercise he previously used to manage it.

Bupa do them but they are generally a waste of time. I’d go back to the gp, but none of this things sound necessarily related. Has he had an hiv test?

He could ask to have his vitamin levels checked and for standard things like liver function, thyroid etc.
They may need some more specific symptoms to warrant testing though.
The NHS are very bad at "whole body" though and tend to treat one area or one symptom without looking for a root cause (although often there is no root cause)

how old is he?

There might not be a single cause for all these different conditions

Private health insurers offer this, I think they cost a few hundred £.

Have a look at BUPA, AXA, Cigna etc and see what's available near him

The private insurer health check is just a load of random bloods. It won't look into the cause of his recent issues.

Thanks all, that's pretty much what I expected.

I know the NHS is overwhelmed but it frustrates me that it takes so long to have relatively minor things treated. The delays, worry and inability to the things he enjoys are really impacting on his mental health which will ultimately cost the NHS (and the benefit system) far more. He's early 50s