The NHS Health Check is associated with a short-term increase in diagnoses of hypertension, high cholesterol, and chronic kidney disease, but reduced longer-term multimorbidity and mortality, ...

In a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers compared the rate of new diagnoses among United Kingdom Biobank (UKBB) individuals who received the National Health Service (NHS) ...

What precisely is an 'NHS Health Check' and how do they work?

The government is planning to roll out an NHS Digital Health Check service from spring 2024, in a bid to free up GP appointments and reduce NHS waiting times. The check-up is a digital version of the ...

A new digital health check delivering an additional one million checks in the first 4 years is to be rolled out in England in Spring 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) underlined ...

The NHS Health Check program, designed to prevent serious health issues such as heart disease and diabetes, is under increasing strain due to financial pressures on local authorities. More than 70 ...

Attending an NHS Health Check appointment - a preventative screening programme offered for free in the UK - is associated with both a decreased risk of dying and a decreased risk of several diseases, ...

Why some adults could miss out on vital ‘mid-life MOT’ health checks - The check is supposed to be offered to people every five years between the ages of 40 and 74 if they do not have any other medica ...

The Department for Health and Social Care announced a major change last year that women throughout England would soon have menopause included in routine NHS appointments for the first time. The ...