An online course to build pharmacy teams' understanding of vascular risk, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk assessment, and the NHS Health Check programme and its commissioning. It includes communications with patients about their modifiable risk factors, and embedding clinical governance into your service.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this learning programme you should be able to:
- define the term cardiovascular risk and discuss which vascular diseases are included in the NHS health check programme
- describe how the NHS health check programme fits into current health policy, how it is commissioned and some of the practical aspects of providing a pharmacy-based service
- assess an individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) using appropriate evidence-based tools
- explain management options for modifiable risk factors following an NHS health check
- manage patients identified as having low, medium or high risk
- identify situations where referral to another practitioner is appropriate following the NHS health check
- develop strategies for communicating with patients who are at risk of CVD.
How to use this programme
You can access this e-learning programme using a web browser on any device. You will need to be connected to the internet while you work through it.
Learning intended for
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
- Trainee pharmacists
