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Hypertension Update in Primary Care

Our Hypertension Update in Primary Care course is a half-day update designed for Primary Care professionals who already support people with hypertension. The course provides a concise, practical refresh on current guidance, priorities, and best practice to support safe, effective, and role-appropriate blood pressure management in Primary Care.

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What You'll Learn

  • How to apply updated national guidance to accurate diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of hypertension
  • How to optimise medicines, manage adherence, and address resistant hypertension
  • How to reduce cardiovascular risk through high-quality reviews and lifestyle interventions

This course includes

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Videos

Case Studies

Course Content

  • Purpose and scope of the hypertension update session
  • Hypertension priorities within Primary Care
  • How this course supports safe, consistent, evidence-based practice
  • Overview of current guidance priorities for hypertension management
  • Areas of evolving evidence or practice focus
  • Implications for day-to-day Primary Care delivery
  • Hypertension classification
  • Ongoing challenges in blood pressure control
  • Relationship between hypertension, cardiovascular disease, CKD, and stroke
  • Principles of accurate blood pressure measurement
  • Clinic, home, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  • Practical considerations in Primary Care
  • Interpreting results, including masked and white-coat hypertension
  • Cardiovascular risk assessment to inform treatment decisions
  • Treatment thresholds and target setting
  • Individualising management based on risk and co-morbidity
  • Stepwise pharmacological management in Primary Care
  • Medicines choice, sequencing, and monitoring considerations
  • Managing side effects, intolerance, and adherence
  • Awareness of resistant hypertension and escalation pathways
  • Components of a high-quality hypertension review
  • Lifestyle advice and supported behaviour change
  • Addressing inequalities and supporting long-term adherence
  • Poorly controlled and resistant hypertension
  • Red flags and indications for referral
  • Post-hospital or specialist follow-up in Primary Care
  • Applying current best-practice guidance to Primary Care hypertension scenarios
  • Shared discussion across roles
  • Opportunity for questions and reflection

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FAQs

This course is suitable for Primary Care professionals involved in blood pressure assessment, hypertension reviews, and cardiovascular risk management.

Yes, this is an update-level course intended for healthcare professionals with foundation-level knowledge or experience in cardiovascular or long-term condition management.

Yes, participants will receive a certificate of attendance and 3.5 CPD hours upon completion.

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A practical update that translates current hypertension guidance into confident, effective care for everyday Primary Care practice.

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