I was prescribed aspirin at the diabetic clinic and stopped taking it a while ago , now there is a new BBC story about it
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8338763.stm
Between 2005 and 2008, the DTB said four sets of guidelines were published recommending aspirin for the "primary prevention" of cardiovascular disease - in patients who had shown no sign of the disease.
These included people aged 50 and older with type 2 diabetes and those with high blood pressure.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8338763.stm