Summary
The NHS Health Check is a free check-up of your overall health. It can tell you whether you're at higher risk of getting certain health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and stroke. Local authority commissioners have a statutory responsibility for delivering the NHS Health check to the eligible population within their area. All the information collected through NHS Health Checks is sent through to the relevant GP practice, and results in either no action required, lifestyle and behaviour advice and information to reduce CVD risk, or clinical intervention if needed.
The Professional Records Standards Body (PRSC) is running a survey to gain views form healthcare professionals and IT system suppliers on the information recorded through NHS Health Checks. The results of the survey will inform the development of an information standard that will ensure that the information collected is recorded and communicated in a standardised format, using recognised clinical coding wherever possible.
The government is also undertaking the development of a digital version of the NHS Health Check as a delivery option for the future, where a person can choose to complete the health check questions online and carry out biometric tests at home, before the results are written back to the GP record–therefore some questions in the survey may reflect this new development by way of future proofing the information standard once a digital option is available.
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