ArticleFamily practice2013
Uptake of the NHS Health Check programme in an urban setting.
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- A systematic review of factors influencing NHS health check uptake: invitation methods, patient characteristics, and the impact of interventions.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Delivery and impact of the NHS Health Check in the first 8 years: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the population-based 'check your health preventive programme' conducted in a primary care setting: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2022Trial
- Applying behavioural science to increase uptake of the NHS Health Check: a randomised controlled trial of gain- and loss-framed messaging in the national patient information leaflet.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Using general practitioners to recruit individuals with low socioeconomic position to preventive health checks is feasible: a cross sectional study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Trial
- Randomised controlled trial comparing uptake of NHS Health Check in response to standard letters, risk-personalised letters and telephone invitations.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Automated recruitment and randomisation for an efficient randomised controlled trial in primary care.Trials · 2018Trial
- Cardiovascular risk at health checks performed opportunistically or following an invitation letter. Cohort study.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2018Trial
- Enhanced Invitations Using the Question-Behavior Effect and Financial Incentives to Promote Health Check Uptake in Primary Care.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
- Targeted case finding in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016 · on this mapTrial
- The effectiveness of an enhanced invitation letter on uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic quasi-randomised controlled trial.BMC family practice · 2016Trial
- A mixed method evaluation using the RE-AIM framework of a student-led community-based cardiovascular disease screening clinic in an urban community setting.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Twenty years on from the introduction of the high risk strategy for stroke and cardiovascular disease prevention: a systematic scoping review.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Integrated approach to cardiovascular disease in people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study.Open heart · 2023Article
- Blood pressure and cholesterol measurements in primary care: cross-sectional analyses in a dynamic cohort.BJGP open · 2022Article
- Gender differences in factors influencing intention to undergo cardiovascular disease health checks: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2020Article
- Variations of health check attendance in later life: results from a British birth cohort study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Health checks and cardiovascular risk factor values over six years' follow-up: Matched cohort study using electronic health records in England.PLoS medicine · 2019Article
- Healthy shopper? Blood pressure testing in a shopping centre Pop-Up in England.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Early Detection of Undiagnosed Hypertension Based on Occupational Screening in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry.BioMed research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe NHS Health Check programme aims to improve prevention, early diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England. High and equitable uptake is essential for the programme to effectively reduce the CVD burden.
objectivesAssessing the impact of a local financial incentive scheme on uptake and statin prescribing in the first 2 years of the programme.
methodsCross-sectional study using data from electronic medical records of general practices in Hammersmith and Fulham, London on all patients aged 40-74 years. We assessed uptake of complete Health Check, exclusion of patients from the programme (exception reporting) and statin prescriptions in patients confirmed with high CVD risk.
resultsThe Health Check uptake was 32.7% in Year 1 and 20.0% in Year 2. Older patients had higher uptake of Health Check than younger (65- to 74-year-old patients: Year 1 adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.05 (1.67-2.52) & Year 2 AOR 2.79 (2.49-3.12) compared with 40- to 54-year-old patients). The percentage of confirmed high risk patients prescribed a statin was 17.7% before and 52.9% after the programme. There was a marked variation in Health Check uptake, exception reporting and statin prescribing between practices.
conclusionsUptake of the Health Check was low in the first year in patients with estimated high risk despite financial incentives to general practices; although this matched the national required rate in second year. Further evaluations for cost and clinical effectiveness of the programme are needed to clarify whether this spending is appropriate, and to assess the impact of financial incentives on programme performance.
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