Attending an NHS Health Check appointment - a preventative screening programme offered for free in the UK - is associated with both a decreased risk of dying and a decreased risk of several diseases, ...

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 ...

There are specific health checks that are recommended by the NHS for certain age groups and demographics, like smear tests, ...

The NHS Health Check is associated with a short-term increase in diagnoses of hypertension, high cholesterol, and chronic kidney disease, but reduced longer-term multimorbidity and mortality, ...

The government is planning a pilot of its NHS Digital Health Check, which will be available through the NHS App for those who are selected to be part of the trial. The checkup is a digital version of ...

Free NHS Health Checks are being made available to residents in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge, with appointments now being ...

Free lung health checks will soon be available in Prestwich as part of a project to detect the early signs of cancer.

The government is planning to roll out an NHS Digital Health Check service from spring 2024, in a bid to free up GP appointments and reduce NHS waiting times. The check-up is a digital version of the ...

Background The NHS Health Check Programme was launched in England in 2009, offering a vascular risk assessment to people aged 40–74 years without established disease. Socio-economic deprivation is ...

Introduction High and equitable coverage of systematic cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programmes, such as the NHS Health Check programme in England, is essential if they are to effectively ...