Health Diagnostics’ response to OHID’s NHS Health Check Review
Detailing how Health Diagnostics respond to each of the 6 recommendations within the NHS Health Check Review
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Supporting NHS Health Check services during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
This blog looks at some of what we’re doing at Health Diagnostics to support our colleagues and partners during this unprecedented time.
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New decade, new us: launching a refresh of Health Diagnostics’ brand and communication
An account of Health Diagnostics’ branding and communication refresh.
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Cardiovascular events calculator: investigating the number of CV events avoided across England
In this first blog of the new decade, we thought we’d take a look back at the past five years of NHS Health Check provision and crunch some numbers regarding the quantity of cardiovascular (CV) events that the Programme has helped us to avoid.
NHS Health Check Programme Government Review: Tracing the Developments to Date
In January 2019, the NHS released its new Long Term Plan (LTP) in which it identified cardiovascular disease (CVD) as being the biggest single area that the NHS can save lives over the coming decade. According to the plan, up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases could be saved over the coming 10
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VIDEO: Understanding and operating QRISK2 to communicate CVD risk (part 2)
VIDEO: Understanding and using QRISK2 to communicate CVD risk (part 2) Building on our previous blog post, this content completes our 2-part series on training and cardiovascular risk. Watch the video to see Health Diagnostics’ Training & Development Lead, Geoff Curtis, give a brief 10 minute training session on QRISK2. The effective communication of CVD
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Top training tips for using QRISK2 to communicate cardiovascular risk (part 1)
Top training tips for using QRISK2 to communicate cardiovascular risk Having trained over 4,000 individuals to deliver motivational health checks, we thought that we’d use this latest blog post to address some common questions that we receive. In our experience, amongst the most frequently misunderstood aspects of health check delivery relate to the QRISK2 calculator
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Our ‘TOP picks’ for Public Health England’s 2019 CVD Prevention Conference in Manchester
Our ‘TOP picks’ for Public Health England’s 2019 CVD Prevention Conference in Manchester The current status of CVD in the UK One of the positive public health stories to emerge over the past few years has been the fact that cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the UK is declining. Research suggests that total CVD mortality
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Health Diagnostics’ preparations for Britain’s departure from the European Union
Health Diagnostics’ preparations for Britain’s departure from the European Union Despite the political uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union, Health Diagnostics would like to assure working partners that, as an organisation, we have taken the necessary steps to prepare for the forthcoming transition and to guarantee our capacity to remain both innovative and
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NHS Health Checks for NHS staff across East Sussex: impacts & learnings
Setting the scene Despite challenging conditions and unprecedented demand, every day across the UK, NHS staff work tirelessly to improve peoples’ health and wellbeing. However, with so much energy channelled into providing world-class care to patients, the health of the health service itself can sometimes fall out of focus. In recognition of this situation, NHS
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