- Type
- services (planning)
- Ref. number
- 041493-2026
- Estimated value
- 625,000 GBP
- CPV
- 85100000
The NHS Health Check programme (HC) is a 5-yearly contract with health care for adults aged 40-74 without a diagnosis of heart disease, kidney disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes to manage Cardiovascular Disease Risk Fac…
tors (CVDRFs) for those conditions.
A Health Check consists of an assessment of an individual's risks of developing a set of diseases in the future. This requires collecting a range of health information such as height, weight, smoking history, physical activity, blood pressure, and arranging for a
cholesterol blood test to be performed.
This is a statutory service legislated in 2012. In Stoke-on-Trent, the programme was suspended over the pandemic and continues to recover following pandemic disruption but is unlikely to achieve the