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Tag Archives: NHS Health Checks Programme
Lower Than Expected Take-Up of NHS Health Check (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Persons aged between 40 and 74 are eligible for a free NHS Health Check, with a view to early identification and / or prevention of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease etc. In practice, statistics show that roughly 7.15 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A-B-C Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol (A-B-C) Conditions, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure Testing Outside of General Practice, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Champs Public Health Collaborative, Champs Public Health Collaborative: Cheshire and Merseyside, Cheshire and Merseyside Pharmacy Local Professional Network, Cholesterol Reduction, CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum (CVDSLF), CVD Return on Investment Tool (PHE), CVDSLF: National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, Dementia Screening, Diabetes, Diabetes Prevention, Dr Keith Ridge: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), Health Matters: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease (PHE), Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs), Healthy Living Pharmacies in Lancashire, Heart Age, Heart Age Test, Heart Age Tool (HAT), Heart Attack or Stroke, High Blood Pressure Quality Improvement in Cheshire and Merseyside, High CVD Risk, High Street Heart Checks (Pharmacies), Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Primary Care, Juliet Bouverie: Chief Executive of Stroke Association, Lambeth and Southwark, Lambeth and Southwark Clinical Commissioning Groups, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, NHS England’s RightCare CVD Prevention Pathway, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, NHS Health Checks in England: Lower Than Expected Take-Up, NHS Health Checks Programme, NHS OneYou, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Risk Factor, One You Campaign (PHE), Pharmacies Offer High Street Heart Checks, Pharmacist-Led Virtual Clinics to Optimise Anticoagulation in AF, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s CVD Primary Care Intelligence Packs, PHE’s CVD Return on Investment Tool, Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: Health Matters (PHE), Prevention, Prevention & Early Diagnosis, Prevention Agenda, Prevention and Control of NCDs, Prevention Better Than Cure: NHS Health Checks, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Professor Jamie Waterall: Chair of CVD Prevention Forum, Professor Jamie Waterall: National Lead for Cardiovascular Disease at Public Health England, Professor Stephen Powis: NHS England's National Medical Director, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Raised Cholesterol, Reducing Health Inequalities, Referrals to Behavioural Support, Renal and Urologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Screening, Screening for Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease, Simon Gillespie: Chief Executive of British Heart Foundation, Virtual Clinics to Improve Blood Pressure in Poorly Controlled Patients
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NHS Health Checks in England: Evaluation of First Four Years (NHS England / BMJ Open)
Summary The first major evaluation of four years work from the NHS Health Check service in England reports that among the 1.68 million people eligible, 214,295 attended between 2009-12; identifying 7,844 new cases of hypertension (38 cases identified per 1000 … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Behavioural Risk Factors, BMJ Open, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health: Queen Mary University of London, Dementia Screening, Diabetes, Diabetes Prevention, Dr Matt Kearney: National Clinical Advisor to NHS England and Public Health England, Heart Attack or Stroke, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, NHS Health Checks in England: Evaluation of First Four Years, NHS Health Checks Programme, Obesity Risk Factor, Prevention, Prevention & Early Diagnosis, Prevention Agenda, Prevention and Control of NCDs, Queen Mary University of London, Referrals to Behavioural Support, Renal and Urologic Disorders, Risk Factors, School of Community Health Sciences: University of Nottingham, Screening, University of Edinburgh, University of Nottingham, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics: University of Edinburgh
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Statins: Effective, Affordable and Acceptable Risk-Benefit Profile (BBC News / NICE / BMJ / BMC Medicine)
Summary According to latest guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), four out of ten adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be eligible for statins; even though they are at relatively low risk of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adherence to Statin Therapy, Adverse Effects, Alcohol Consumption, Atorvastatin, BBC Health News, BMC Medicine, BMJ, British Medical Association's General Practitioner Committee, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cancer, Cardioprotective Diet, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Risk, Cataracts, Cholesterol, Cholesterol Levels, Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs, Cholesterol-Lowering Medications, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cognition, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Combined Interventions (Diet and Physical Activity), Concerns Over Statins Use, COPD, Costs of Statins (Declining), County Hospital (Hereford), CVD Risk Assessment, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Geriatric Medicine: County Hospital (Hereford), Diabetes, Drug Side-Effects, Erectile Dysfunction, Evidence-Based Medicine, Eyes and Vision, Fatigue, Fluvastatin, Grouping of Statins (Three Intensity Categories), Harvard Medical School, Healthy Lifestyles, Hepatotoxicity, Informed Choice, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, JUPITER Study, Kidney Disorders, Lifestyle Modifications for Primary and Secondary Prevention of CVD, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Lipid Lowering and Onset of Renal Disease (LORD) Study, Lipid Modification, Lipophilic Statins, Liver Disorders, Liver Toxicity, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C), Mass Prescription, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory Lapses, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Misinformation About Statins (Historical), Modifiable Risk Factors, Muscle Toxicity, Musculo-Skeletal Disorders, Myopathy, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Neurological Disorders, Neuronal Cell Membranes, NHS Choices Health A-Z Information on Statins, NHS Choices: Healthy Cooking, NHS Choices: Healthy Diet, NHS Choices: Healthy Eating, NHS Choices: Physical Activity, NHS Health Checks Programme, NICE Clinical Guideline CG181, NICE Clinical Guideline CG67, Non-Cardiovascular Effects Associated With Statins, Non-Cardiovascular Harms of Statins, Non-Cardiovascular Side-Effects of Statins, Off-Label Use, Over-Medicalisation (Speculative Concept), Overdiagnosis (Speculative Concept), Overtreatment (Speculative Concept), Pancreatitis, Patient Choice, Patient-Doctor Discussion, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Prescriptions, Physical Activity Programmes, Potential Harms Associated With Statins, Pravastatin, Preventative Mass Prescription, Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly (PROSPER) Trial, QRISK2 Assessment Tool, QRISK2 Calculator, Renal Disorders, Respiratory Disorders, Rhabdomyolysis, Risk Factors, Risk Factors of Stroke, Rosuvastatin, Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study, Simvastatin, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Cessation Services, Statin Induced Myopathy, Statins, Statins for Stroke Prevention in Older Patients, Statins: Contraindicated in Pregnancy, Statins: Few Contraindications, Statins: Risk-Benefit Profile, Stroke Prevention in Older Patients, Stroke Risk Factor Modification, Unintended Effects of Statins, Urological Disorders, Use of Drugs Outside Their Licensed Indications, Use of Statins, Venous Thromboembolism, Weight Management
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Screening to Identify People at Risk of Dementia (JRCPE)
Summary This article in the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh presents a balanced account of both sides of the argument with regards to whether screening for dementia might be beneficial, and concerning the recent controversy on … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Best Interest Decisions, Best Interests, Best Interests of Patients, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Cochrane-Registered Prevention Reviews, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Conflicts of Interests, Continuum of Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening Debate, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis of Dementia, Diagnosis Rates, Diagnosis Rates (Regional UK), Diet, Difficult Conversations, Doctor-Patient Relationships, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Exercise, General Practice, GPs, Improving Diagnosis, Incentive Payments, Incentives, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, JRCPE: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical Ethics, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Misdiagnosis, Modifiable Risk Factors, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), NAPC, National Association of Primary Care, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), NHS Health Check, NHS Health Checks Programme, Norwich Medical School, Obesity, Over-Diagnosis, Perverse Incentives, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Potential Harms of Diagnosis, Pre-Dementia (MCI), Preventable Dementia (Public Health England), Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Regular Exercise, Risk Factors, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Smoking, Target-Driven Priorities, Timely Diagnosis, University of East Anglia, Vascular Risk Factors, Vested Interests, Watling Medical Centre (UK), Western University: London Health Sciences Centre
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