Health matters: Using the NHS Health Check programme to prevent CVD

Issue 19, February 2018 Welcome to the latest edition of Health matters, a resource to support professionals working to improve population health. This edition focuses on using the NHS Health Check programme to prevent CVD. What's new NHS Health Check and preventing CVD Read our new edition which examines options for increasing the coverage and uptake of the NHS Health Check to ensure that we are optimising the benefits of this world-leading prevention programme. This edition covers CVD morbidity and mortality and health inequalities Risk factors of CVD How to increase uptake of NHS Health Check Prescribing after the NHS Health Check Spread the word Use our infographics to make the case for investing in the NHS Health Check and CVD prevention.    Join in the conversation Follow #PHEHealthmattters on Twitter Videos Watch the summary video and  round-table discussion video on increasing Health Check uptake.  Case studies Read our case studies on: Bradford's Healthy Hearts: better management of CVD patients A comprehensive review of NHS Health Checks in Leeds Preventing diabetes by improving NHS Health Checks in Bromley  Latest blog posts Read our blogs on: Health Matters launch blog  Using NHS Health Checks to optimise CVD care - your questions answered  NHS Health Check/CVD resources Policy NHS Health Check stocktake and action plan  (ESCAP) report  NHS Health Check evidence synthesis  Data Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. WHO CVD statistics  Tools  PHE tips for increasing Health Check uptake  NHS RightCare CVDprevention pathway  Size of the Prize resource This service is provided to you at no charge by Public Health England. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Public Health England (PHE), Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG 020 7654 8400