Newham NHS Health Check Training
Delivered by:
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID
Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK
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.
NHS Health Checks are a terrific way to help save lives, and training is essential.
NHS Health Check Refresher
Delivered by Zoom
This course is a follow-up to the Understanding NHS Health Checks full study day, a reminder of the NHS Health Check Competency Framework and then focuses on CVD Risk, GPPAQ, Audit C, and Dementia prevention and awareness.
- State why NHS Health Checks are important.
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- 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 within a health check
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26th September 2024
1.00pm – 4.00pm
1st October 2024
9.30am – 12.30pm
Meet the trainer
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Founder & Director Smart Health Solutions
NHS Health Check Training Lead
Michaela is a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist with a unique and varied experience across the NHS and beyond.
She developed her passion for prevention over 20 years ago and has worked within it ever since. In 2016 she left public health after working in the field for 16 years and now focuses on her roles as a Director for Smart Health Solutions, Founder of Learn With Nurses, and Associate in Nursing for C3 Collaborating for Health.
In 2019 Michaela became Head of CVD Prevention for Public Health England and then went on to be OHID’s Clinical Advisor of the programme until 2023.
She is the Chair of the Health Care Committee of Heart UK and an invited member of both the Nurses and The Guidelines and Information working party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society, elected member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Health Professional Education working party, on a variety of editorial boards and the Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum. Being a Trustee at PoTS UK keeps her firmly rooted in the challenges patients face in living with life-altering conditions.
