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 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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The NHS Health Check program 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.

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 ...

Questions about the menopause will be included in NHS health checks for the first time, officials have announced, in a move that could benefit millions of women in England. Health Secretary Wes ...

What are NHS Health Checks? While you might think NHS Health Checks are just regular GP appointments, they are actually free assessments of the heart and blood vessels. These are currently aimed at ...