The NHS Health Check programme: a comparison against established standards for screening

Dalton, Andrew; Marshall, Tom; McManus, Richard J

doi:10.3399/bjgp14x681997

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“…Because of the potential benefits, many professionals are enthusiastic about it, whereas others have raised concerns about the inequality of its uptake and its evidence-base. 2–9 It is important to continue evaluating the NHS Health Check to provide the evidence base for future policy direction. While randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are extremely vital, other forms of evidence can also provide a legitimate basis for action, particularly for such a complex intervention which has multiple interacting components and non-linear causal pathways.…”

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NHS Health Check and healthy lifestyle in Leicester, England: analysis of a survey dataset

Chattopadhyay

Biswas

Moore

2019

Perspect Public Health

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Aims: A major component of the National Health Service (NHS) Health Check in England is to provide lifestyle advice to eligible participants. The aims of the study were to explore the variations (in terms of uptake) in the NHS Health Check in Leicester and to determine its association with a healthy lifestyle. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the Leicester Health and Wellbeing Survey (2015). Results: The odds of having an NHS Health Check were found to be higher in Black and minority ethnic groups and in people of other religions. The odds were lower in people without a religion, residing in the fourth index of multiple deprivation quintile and in ex-smokers. No associations were found between having an NHS Health Check and describing a healthy lifestyle, following a healthy lifestyle, thinking of making lifestyle changes in the next 6 months, cutting down on/stopping smoking among current smokers, or amount of alcohol current drinkers would like to drink. Conclusions: In Leicester, a few variations in having an NHS Health Check were found among different socio-economic, demographic and behavioural groups. No association was found between the NHS Health Check and a healthy lifestyle. Thus, the improvement work should focus on reducing these variations in having the NHS Health Check and bringing its benefits on promoting a healthy lifestyle.

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NHS Health Check and healthy lifestyle in Leicester, England: analysis of a survey dataset

Chattopadhyay

Biswas

Moore

2019

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Patient experience of NHS health checks: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis

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ObjectiveTo review the experiences of patients attending NHS Health Checks in England.DesignA systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies with a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.Data sourcesAn electronic literature search of Medline, Embase, Health Management Information Consortium, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Global Health, PsycInfo, Web of Science, OpenGrey, the Cochrane Library, National Health Service (NHS) Evidence, Google Scholar, Google, Clinical Trials.gov and the ISRCTN registry to 09/11/16 with no language restriction and manual screening of reference lists of all included papers.Inclusion criteriaPrimary research reporting experiences of patients who have attended NHS Health Checks.Results20 studies met the inclusion criteria, 9 reporting quantitative data and 15 qualitative data. There were consistently high levels of reported satisfaction in surveys, with over 80% feeling that they had benefited from an NHS Health Check. Data from qualitative studies showed that the NHS Health Check had been perceived to act as a wake-up call for many who reported having gone on to make substantial lifestyle changes which they attributed to the NHS Health Check. However, some had been left with a feeling of unmet expectations, were confused about or unable to remember their risk scores, found the lifestyle advice too simplistic and non-personalised or were confused about follow-up.ConclusionsWhile participants were generally very supportive of the NHS Health Check programme and examples of behaviour change were reported, there are a number of areas where improvements could be made. These include greater clarity around the aims of the programme within the promotional material, more proactive support for lifestyle change and greater appreciation of the challenges of communicating risk and the limitations of relying on the risk score alone as a trigger for facilitating behaviour change.

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National evaluation of the NHS Health Check programme

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2016

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The NHS Health Check programme: a comparison against established standards for screening

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NHS Health Check and healthy lifestyle in Leicester, England: analysis of a survey dataset

NHS Health Check and healthy lifestyle in Leicester, England: analysis of a survey dataset

Patient experience of NHS health checks: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis

National evaluation of the NHS Health Check programme

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