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, ...

The government is planning a pilot of its NHS Digital Health Check, which will be available through the NHS App for those who are selected to be part of the trial. The checkup is a digital version of ...

Menopause advice is to become a routine part of NHS health checks for the first time, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced. NHS health checks currently aim to identify ...

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) ...

As part of Pulse’s investigation into the NHS Health Check, Samantha Field and Jason Strelitz of the Health Foundation ask whether the programme is still fit for purpose Pulse’s investigation into the ...

Women will be offered menopause checks from the age of 40 in an effort to correct ingrained NHS sexism. Around five million women will be eligible for assessments to give more help to those struggling ...

As part of our NHS Health Check: At end stage investigation, two GPs debate the value of the prevention programme, discussing whether or not it is a waste of increasingly scarce staff time and ...

Regular health checks become increasingly crucial as we age, to monitor and manage any potential health conditions before they escalate. The NHS routinely reaches out to individuals aged between 40 ...