Developed by experienced clinicians and educators, our evidence-based training combines the latest national guidance with practical skills to support confident, consistent NHS Health Check delivery across a range of healthcare settings.
We offer two flexible NHS Health Check training options to meet the needs of commissioners, organisations and healthcare professionals.
National Training provides scheduled live online study days, updates and clinical refresher sessions that individuals can book throughout the year.
Bespoke Training is tailored around your organisation’s needs and can be delivered online or face-to-face. In addition our core NHS Health Check programme, we can include practice-specific skills, clinical topics, lunch and learn sessions and other tailored content.
Choose how you’d like us to deliver your training
National NHS Health Check Training
Overview
A confident, competent workforce is fundamental to delivering high-quality NHS Health Checks. Alongside technical knowledge, healthcare professionals need the communication skills to engage people effectively in conversations about cardiovascular risk and behaviour change.
Our National Training programme offers scheduled live online courses throughout the year, providing a flexible solution for organisations and individual healthcare professionals. It is particularly well suited to commissioners who want to provide ongoing access to training, enabling staff to attend dates that fit around service delivery. Courses can be booked independently or used alongside bespoke training programmes to meet local workforce needs.
What's included
Training delivery
✔ Delivered by experienced clinical educators
✔ Live, interactive learning sessions
Delegate and commissioner support
✔ Dedicated course webpage
✔ Online booking
✔ Commissioner registration and attendance updates
Evaluation and reporting
✔ Comprehensive course resources
✔ Certificate of Attendance
Bespoke NHS Health Check Training
Overview
Our Bespoke Training programme is tailored to your organisation’s needs and can be delivered online or face-to-face. Whether you require a full training programme, refresher sessions, competency development or focused clinical topics, we will work with you to create a package that supports your workforce and local priorities.
What's included
Training delivery
✔ Delivered by experienced clinical educators
✔ Tailored to your organisation’s priorities and local needs
✔ Online or face-to-face delivery
✔ Flexible programme content and duration
Delegate and commissioner support
✔ Dedicated course webpage
✔ Online booking
✔ Commissioner registration and attendance updates
Evaluation and reporting
✔ Comprehensive course resources
✔ Certificate of Attendance
✔ Post-training evaluation and delegate feedback
✔ Evaluation summary report
Additional training offers
✔ Optional lunch and learn sessions
✔ Optional Communities of Practice
✔ End of commission report
Explore our NHS Health Check training
Whether you’re introducing new staff to NHS Health Checks or supporting experienced practitioners with refresher training, our programmes are designed to build confidence, competence and consistency in delivery.
Understanding the NHS Health Check (Full day)
Supporting providers to confidently deliver NHS Health Checks that make a difference.
Discover why each question matters, how to explain cardiovascular risk clearly and confidently, and how to support patients to make positive lifestyle changes. Our interactive online training is practical, engaging and designed for healthcare professionals delivering NHS Health Checks.
Overview
Gain the knowledge and confidence to deliver high-quality NHS Health Checks. This comprehensive course explores the purpose of the programme, the impact of health inequalities and every stage of the NHS Health Check process. Delegates will learn how to interpret and communicate cardiovascular risk, understand the significance of results, respond appropriately to clinical filters and deliver effective brief advice that supports patients to make positive lifestyle changes.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
- State why NHS Health Checks are important and how they should be conducted.
- Identify modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for CVD.
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how CVD risk (QRISK) is calculated
- Appreciate the different CVD risk (QRISK) 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
NHS Health Check Refresher (Half day)
Supporting providers to confidently deliver NHS Health Checks that make a difference.
Designed for healthcare professionals who already deliver NHS Health Checks, this half-day course refreshes knowledge, reinforces best practice and provides updates on current guidance.
Overview
This refresher course builds on the knowledge gained during the Understanding NHS Health Checks full-day training. It revisits the NHS Health Check Competency Framework before focusing on cardiovascular (CVD) risk, QRISK communication, GPPAQ, AUDIT-C, dementia prevention and awareness, and the latest programme updates.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
- State why NHS Health Checks are important and how they should be conducted.
- Identify modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for CVD.
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how CVD risk (QRISK) is calculated
- Appreciate the different CVD risk (QRISK) communication strategies
- Appreciate the complexity of GPPAQ and AUDIT-C
- Know what is needed for dementia prevention and awareness
NHS Health Check Clinical Elements (Half day)
Supporting providers to confidently deliver NHS Health Checks that make a difference.
Designed for healthcare professionals who already deliver NHS Health Checks, this half-day programme focuses on interpreting findings, clinical follow-up and best practice management of common conditions identified during the NHS Health Check.
Overview
The NHS Health Check will help identify individuals who require additional clinical assessment and follow-up. This course focuses on guidance on best practice clinical follow up and further assessment that may be triggered by the NHS Health Check risk assessment .
The so what next bit, includes AF, blood pressure, cholesterol, CKD and familial hypercholesterolemia.
Vote for your top three topics on the day as each session will be tailored to the group’s learning needs.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
- State why NHS Health Checks are important
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted
- For: AF, BP, Chol, CKD, and FH
- Know who is most at risk
- Know the signs & symptoms
- Describe the pathophysiology, detection and diagnosis
- Understand Initial management
This half-day course is available for commissioned training programmes. Please contact us to discuss availability.
Additional digital learning option
Health Check Mentor
We work with HEART UK and Eggu to support Health Check Mentor, a flexible digital learning programme for NHS Health Check providers. Our team contributed to the programme content and delivers the accompanying bite-sized webinars.
Enhance your NHS Health Check programme
Complement your NHS Health Check training with additional evidence-based sessions designed to strengthen behaviour change conversations, support cardiovascular prevention and address wider public health priorities. These sessions can be commissioned alongside your NHS Health Check programme or delivered as standalone training.
Behaviour Change & Prevention Training
Enhance your NHS Health Check programme with additional evidence-based training that supports wider prevention priorities and workforce development.
Examples include:
- Behaviour Change Conversations in Healthcare
- Motivational Interviewing
- Cardiovascular (CVD) Risk Assessment and Communication
- Very Brief Advice (VBA) for Smoking Cessation
- Vaping Myth Busting
Bite-sized Learning Sessions
Our bite-sized learning sessions provide focused, practical education on key public health topics. Available in person or online, sessions are tailored to local workforce needs and can be delivered at a time and in a format that works for your organisation.
Examples include:
- Understanding Cholesterol
- NHS Health Check Plus
- Cancer Screening Awareness
- Dementia Awareness
- Cardiovascular Prevention Updates
- Bespoke topics aligned to local priorities
Planning your workforce development?
Our Training Needs Analysis (TNA) service helps commissioners identify workforce strengths, knowledge gaps and development priorities, ensuring training is targeted where it will have the greatest impact.
See our training in action
Watch this free 30-minute introduction to NHS Health Check training to experience our engaging, evidence-based approach to education and see how we support healthcare professionals to deliver confident, high-quality NHS Health Checks.
Our Impact
Our evidence-based training equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to improve conversations, support behaviour change and deliver high-quality NHS Health Checks.
Training outcomes are based on delegate evaluations from our national and bespoke NHS Health Check training programmes delivered during 2025-2026.
What healthcare professionals say
Meet our clinical educators
Our training is designed and delivered by experienced clinicians with extensive expertise in cardiovascular prevention, NHS Health Checks and healthcare education.
Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Director & Founder
NHS Health Check Training Lead
Una O’Connor RGN MSc FHEA
Independent Nurse Consultant
MSc Medical & Healthcare Education
Supporting commissioners beyond training
Improving NHS Health Check delivery is at the heart of what we do. That’s why we offer a range of free support and collaborative opportunities for commissioners across England, whether or not they commission training with us.
This includes:
✓ NHS Health Check Commissioner Drop-in Sessions
✓ Commissioner Collaborative
✓ Training Needs Analysis
✓ Workforce development support
✓ Service review and consultancy
Click the image to watch our Commissioner Collaborative discussion exploring the CVD Modern Service Framework and its implications for NHS Health Check programmes.
Why choose Smart Health Solutions?
✓ RSPH Qualifications Approved Centre
✓ NHS Health Check Competency Framework aligned
✓ Cardiovascular training supported by HEART UK
✓ Supporting NHS Health Check delivery since 2008
✓ Ongoing commissioner support through drop-ins and collaborative events
Frequently Asked Questions
Need more information?
Visit our dedicated Commissioner FAQs for answers to common questions about commissioning training, bespoke programmes, costs, evaluation, reporting and programme delivery.
Ready to discuss your training requirements?
Whether you’re planning a single training session, a bespoke programme or wider workforce development, complete the enquiry form below and we’ll be in touch to discuss how we can support your organisation.