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The NHS Health Check became a statutory public service in 2013 and is now one of the largest public health programmes in the world.
NHS Health Checks are offered every 5 years to all adults aged between 40 and 74 who are not known to have a pre-existing condition and these can be delivered by a number of healthcare professionals including pharmacists.
The programme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of adults by identifying those who may be at increased risk of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia and to find ways to help them lower their risk and in doing so improve their health outcomes.
This page identifies a wide range of learning opportunities linked to the NHS Health Checks Programme.
As well as clinical information to increase your knowledge on cardiovascular risk there is signposting to the NHS Health Checks Programme website to let you hear from people who have accessed the service. The learning on service delivery not only covers the training requirements of the service but also the practical aspects such as taking a blood pressure and there is also information on how to access your local Health Checks data to see where gaps in provision may be.
e-Learning for Healthcare NHS Health Check
Public Health England NHS Health Check competence framework
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The aim of this e-learning programme is to provide you with a better understanding of vascular risk and the NHS health check programme.
It looks at the health policy surrounding the NHS health check programme and how it is commissioned. This learning defines cardiovascular risk and looks at some of the different assessment tools available and how these are used to estimate an individual’s cardiovascular risk.
It looks at the importance of communication with patients about their modifiable risk factors. Information on how to perform the NHS health check has been included and how to embed clinical governance into your NHS health check service.
6h:00m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this learning programme you should be able to:This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Vascular risk and the NHS health check programme and assesses you on the learning outcomes within that programme.
Why should I do this assessment?
This e-assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Vascular risk and the NHS health check programme. Access and successful completion will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the RPS Foundation or Advanced Pharmacy Frameworks. If you are working towards completing a Declaration of Competence for a pharmacy service, successful completion of this assessment will provide evidence of your learning.Please help us improve our website by letting us know what you like and reporting anything that isn't quite right.
