NHSCHECK - NHS Health Check Programme Rapid Evidence Synthesis - Primary Care Unit

Title:	NHS Health Check Programme Rapid Evidence Synthesis
Project Description:	To aim of this project was to provide a rapid synthesis of the published research evidence on NHS Health Checks, specifically addressing six research questions posed by Public Health England: Who is and who is not having an NHS Health Check? What are the factors that increase take-up among the population and sub-groups? Why do people not take up an offer of an NHS Health Check? How is primary care managing people identified as being at risk of cardiovascular disease or with abnormal risk factor results? What are patients’ experiences of having an NHS Health Check? What is the effect of the NHS Health Check on disease detection, changing behaviours, referrals to local risk management services, reductions in individual risk factor prevalence, reducing cardiovascular disease risk and on statin and antihypertensive prescribing?
Project organisation
Start date:	31st October 2016
End date:	15th January 2017
Contact person:	Dr Juliet Usher-Smith
Contact Details:	Telephone: (01223) 748693 Fax: 01223 762515 E-mail: jau20@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Collaborative:	Professor Jonathan Mant, Professor Simon Griffin, Dr Fiona Walter, Dr Catherine Saunders, RAND Europe
Funding information
Funding Organisation:	Public Health England
Funding Reference:
Funding Amount:	£46,353
Further Information, References and Publications
Publications: Usher-Smith JA, Martin A, Harte E, MacLure C, Meads C, Saunders C, Griffin S, Walter F, Lawrence K, Robertson C, Mant J. (2017) NHS Health Check Programme rapid evidence synthesis. Prepared for Public Health England. Available at: www.healthcheck.nhs.uk/document.php?o=1251 Mills K, Harte E, Martin A, MacLure C, Griffin SJ, Mant J, Meads C, Saunders CL, Walter FM, Usher-Smith JA. Views of commissioners, managers and healthcare professionals on the NHS Health Check programme: a systematic review. BMJ Open. Nov 15;7(11):e018606. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018606 Usher-Smith JA, Harte E, MacLure C, Martin A, Saunders CL, Meads C, Walter FM, Griffin SJ, Mant J. Patient experience of NHS Health Checks: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. BMJ Open. Aug 11;7(8):e017169. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017169 Harte E, MacLure C, Martin A, Saunders CL, Meads C, Walter FM, Griffin SJ, Mant J, Usher-Smith JA. Reasons why people do not attend NHS Health Checks: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. BJGP Jan;68(666):e28-e35. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X693929 Martin A, Saunders CL, Harte E, Griffin SJ, MacLure C, Mant J, Meads C, Walter FM, Usher-Smith JA. Delivery and impact of the NHS Health Check in the first eight years: a systematic review. BJGP 68(672):e449-e459. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X697649