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, ...

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

In a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers compared the rate of new diagnoses among United Kingdom Biobank (UKBB) individuals who received the National Health Service (NHS) ...

The UK government has announced plans to replace standard health checks with “personalised” prevention driven by data. According to health secretary Matt Hancock, the idea is to make traditional ...

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 ...

A new digital health check delivering an additional one million checks in the first 4 years is to be rolled out in England in Spring 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) underlined ...

Attending a health check as part of the England National Health Services "Health Check" programme is associated with increased risk management interventions and decreased risk factors for ...

Free NHS health checks are being offered in Lancaster in October and November. The NHS Health Check is a free 30 minute ...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a wider roll out of NHS Health Checks in order to save 650 lives a year in England. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a wider roll out of NHS ...

Selected pharmacies in England offer free blood pressure checks for people over 40 who don't know they have high blood ...