The NHS Health Check Programme, lets get it rightYoung, Barbara (Diabetes UK)
NHS Health Check programme: too early to conclude.A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "General Health Checks Don't Work," by P. C. Gotzsche et al. in the June 9, 2014 issue.NewtonChief knowledge officerJohn N....
The NHS Health Check is a preventive programme in the UK designed to screen for cardiovascular risk and to aid in primary disease prevention. Despite its widespread implementation, the effectiveness of the NHS Health Check for longer-term disease prevention is unclear. In this study, we measured ...
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How to join the programme Step 1 Know your risk Use the Diabetes UK ‘Know your Risk’ tool, or attend your free NHS Health Check to see if you are eligible to join the programme. Step 2 Speak to your GP Ask your GP practice to refer you to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, or...
BACKGROUND: As part of national policy to manage the increasing burden of chronic diseases, the Department of Health in England has launched the NHS Health Checks programme, which aims to reduce the burden of the major vascular diseases on the health service. METHODS: A cross-sectional review ...
"These results show that the NHS Health Check programme carries a potential for reducing cardiovascular risk through the early assessment and management ofrisk factors. However, the programme could benefit from and should be supported with population-wide interventions to improve its outcomes" comments ...
The NHS Health Check programme is estimated to prevent around 300 premature deaths and results in more people living free of cardiovascular disease in England each year, according to a new study published this week inPLOS Medicineled by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK. Feasible chan...
IntroductionThe vascular risk assessment and management programme - formerly known as thevascular check programme and now called NHS Health Check - is a national initiative. The tests, measurements and risk management interventions that make up the NHS HealthCheck can be delivered in different settings...
The NHS Health Check programme in England may have prevented an estimated 4,600 to 8,400 heart attacks, strokes, or death from these causes in its first five years, according to an independent review of the programme led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). ...