NHS Health Check Training for City & Hackney

The NHS Long Term Plan identifies cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a clinical priority and the single biggest condition where the NHS can save lives over the next 10 years. Following the disruption caused by COVID-19, we now have much to do to improve the detection and management of atrial fibrillation, blood pressure and cholesterol (ABCs). 

NHS Health Checks are a terrific way to help save lives, and training is essential.

Courses are commissioned by City & Hackney Council’s Public Health team and are free for practice staff that work in City & Hackney. Those with an interest in CVD prevention and the NHS Health Checks programme are encouraged to attend.

A great opportunity to network with colleagues from across City & Hackney.

Starting with strengthening their understanding of the need for the programme and health inequalities that exist, this comprehensive session gives attendees the knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check, including the significance of their results and CVD risk, acting on the filters and providing brief advice.

  • State why NHS Health Checks are important.
  • Identify non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  • Identify modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  • Know the NHS Health Check filters
  • State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted.
  • Identify how an NHS Health Check can assess and interpret the risk of cardiovascular disease.
  • State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated.
Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks including:
  • Practice Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Health Care Assistants
  • Apprentice HCAS
  • Physician Associates
  • General Practice Associates
  • Nursing Associates
  • Trainee Nursing Associates

    We understand that sometimes plans change.

    If you need to cancel, please contact us as soon as possible, we can rearrange for you.

    Our training is free for you to attend, paid for by your public health commissioner. If you don’t attend the training you have booked, your commissioner is charged.

    Your public health commissioner is informed of your registration, attendance or DNA. If you do not attend on the day, your public health commissioner will be charged the full price for your training place.

    The NHS Health Check Study Day is recommended for anyone involved in the delivery of NHS Health Checks.

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    A 30-minute video overview of NHS Health Check training by Michaela.

    Available to watch on-demand at a time that suits you.

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    Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc

    Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc

    Director

    NHS Health Check Training Lead

    Michaela is a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist, Director at Smart Health Solutions and founder of Learn With Nurses. She is the former Head of CVD Prevention for Public Health England and Clinical Advisor at OHID. She is the Chair of the Heart UK Health Care Committee and a member of the Nurses and AHP & The Guidelines and Information Working Party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society.

    We are a registered Centre for the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), and HEART UK supports our cardiovascular training. The NHS Health Check Competency Framework underpins our training.

    We are proud of our strong heritage in supporting the NHS Health Check Programme, especially for training we have been providing since 2008.

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