Understanding the NHS Health Check
February 12 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
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.
NHS Health Checks are a terrific way to help save lives, and training is essential.
Online
Cost
£195
VAT at 20% = £39
Total £234
CPD: 6hrs
Online Training: Delivered by Teams
Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Everyone involved in the delivery of NHS Health Checks should complete the full-day training, followed by refreshers annually
Have you ever wondered why some questions are being asked or how to explain what the results mean?
Join our free, fun and interactive online training to improve your knowledge and understanding of NHS Health Checks. And learn top tips for understanding and communicating cardiovascular risk.
Overview
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.
Learning Outcomes
- 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
- Appreciate the different risk communication strategies
- Appreciate the complexity of GPPAQ and Audit C
- Know what is needed for Dementia prevention and awareness
- Understand clinical and lifestyle referral pathways
- Appreciate behaviour change techniques
Who should attend
- Nurse
- Nursing Associate
- Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Advanced Practitioner
- GPs
- GP Assistant
- Health Care Assistants
- Care co-ordinators
- Social Prescribers
- Administration
- Practice Staff
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Team
- Allied Healthcare Professionals
- Health Trainers & Champions
- Healthy Lifestyle Professionals
- Apprentice HCA
- General Practice Associates
- Health and Wellbeing
- Health Care Support Worker
- Phlebotomist
- Physicians Associate
- Practice Manager
- Public Health
- Stop Smoking Advisor
Registration Process
- Complete the Training Enquiry form below
- You will receive an email outlining registration and payment details.
- Once registered will receive a confirmation email with details of how to join the training within one week of your registration.
- Reminders are sent before the training.
- Please check spam before contacting us.
Cancellation Process
We understand that sometimes plans change.
If you wish to reschedule you need to do so by contacting: Info@smarthealthsolutions.co.uk at least one week before the event.
Course costs can be transferred to another Smart Health Solutions course but must be used within 6 months.
There are no refunds for DNAs.
Meet the trainers
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Director
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.
Una O'Connor RGN MSc FHEA
Independent Nurse Consultant
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.
