12-month follow-up evaluation of the NHS Health Checks programme for Islington PCT: the community setting

The NHS Health Checks programme is a national vascular risk assessment and management programme which targets all adults aged 35 (in Islington) to 74 for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Height, weight, blood pressure and finger prick blood samples were taken to measure total & HDL cholesterol and blood glucose levels. Individuals whose risk was higher or equal to 20% were referred to their GP as were those who reported abnormal test results (SBP great than or equal to 140 mmHg; DBP greater than or equal to 90 mmHg; total cholesterol greater than or equal to 5.5 mmol/l; high density cholesterol below 1.0 mmol/l or random blood glucose levels greater than or equal to 8 mmol/l).