Take up of NHS Health Check by those eligible

What this data shows:

The NHS Health Check programme aims to help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. Everyone between the ages of 40 and 74, who has not already been diagnosed with one of these conditions, will be invited (once every five years) to have a check to assess, raise awareness and support them to manage their risk of cardiovascular disease.

How the data is gathered:

This indicator describes the 5 year cumulative percentage of the eligible population aged 40-74 who received an NHS Health check

More information about the data source:

Further information can be found here: http://www.healthcheck.nhs.uk/

Data Source:

Public Health England

Data Period:

Five year period 2014/15 - 2018/19

Further Information:

For further information please see Indicator 2.22v at www.phoutcomes.info.

The NHS Health Check dataset is a relatively new data collection which received full mandation from the Information Standards Board in June 2011.Before April 2013, primary care trusts (PCTs) had responsibility for commissioning the programme. From April 2013 local authorities had a legal duty to provide the NHS Health Check programme and since then have been required to offer the programme to 100% of their population over a 5 year period i.e. 20% of the eligible population invited for a NHS Health Check each year during the period 2013/14 to 2017/18. This indicator reports cumulative progress towards delivery over the 5 year period.The eligible population for each area is based on mid-year population estimates for the latest year minus a 30% adjustment except for some local areas where the eligible population has been identified from their GP registered population. The GP registered population may not be an accurate reflection of the local authority resident population and as different methods have been used to estimate the eligible population this could lead to variation in the quality of the data.