NHS Health Check: Foundation Training

This dynamic course empowers you to confidently deliver NHS Health Checks that make a real impact. You’ll gain the expertise to assess major health risks like heart disease and diabetes while mastering the communication skills needed to drive patient action. Developed to meet national guidelines, this training ensures you’re equipped to offer high-quality, life-changing health checks in primary care.

NHS Health Check Foundation Training

What You'll Learn

  • How to deliver NHS Health Checks in line with national guidelines
  • Risk assessment techniques to identify cardiovascular and other lifestyle-related diseases
  • Practical skills in health check administration and patient communication

This course includes

Direct Teaching

Case Studies

Practical Sessions

Course Content

  • Overview of the importance of preventative health initiatives
  • Overview of the NHS Health Check prevention programme: Age criterion, which diseases it aims to prevent, risk assessments involved
  • Understand the evidence base for NHS Health checks: National best practice guidelines and clinical competency framework
  • Explore the role of registered and non-registered healthcare professional in NHS Health Check service delivery
  • Overview of Invitations (call/recall): Eligibility and exclusions. National uptake target.
  • The principles of consent
  • Information Governance: Confidentiality, data sharing and extraction
  • Role of registered and non-registered healthcare professional in NHS Health Check service delivery
  • Pulse Measurement
  • Blood Pressure Measurement
  • Height and Weight Measurement
  • Waist Measurement
  • Point of Care Testing: Cholesterol Level (total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol)
  • Gathering personal data and family history of coronary heart disease
  • General practice physical activity questionnaire (GPPAQ)
  • Smoking status
  • Alcohol use score (AUDIT-C or FAST)
  • Cardiovascular risk score calculated by QRISK©3,
  • Validated diabetes risk assessment score
  • Gain knowledge of low, moderate and high-risk measurements
  • Overview of high-risk groups
  • Using risk engine data alongside clinical judgement to interpret results
  • Understand how the results could impact a client’s health
  • How to use information from the risk assessments to inform behaviour change
  • Explore links between lifestyle and health risk
  • Guidance on advising clients on the signs and symptoms of dementia (where applicable)
  • Use of jargon-free language and sensitive communication skills to ensure client understanding and well-being
  • Identifying an individual’s values and beliefs to create a client-centred action plan
  • Effective communication and motivational interviewing techniques.
  • Awareness of local and national referral programmes
  • Identifying what written information to provide the client
  • Communication of results with GP practice
  • Awareness of time constraints and role boundaries
  • Completion of NHS Health Check Learner workbook
  • Completing and maintaining a training log of achievements.
  • Ongoing clinical supervision and yearly updates

FAQs

This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals involved in delivering NHS health checks.

Yes, you will be issued with a certificate on successful completion of the course

Assessment by the instructor will be continuous throughout the course

The course had been developed in line with Public Health England; Now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) NHS Health and NHS Health Check Guidelines. However It is important for all clinicians to undergo supervised practice in their workplace and only to practise autonomously when they and their employer are satisfied that they are competent to do so. 

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NHS Health Check TrainingThis comprehensive course is designed to equip healthcare professionals in primary care settings in the UK with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform an NHS Health Check. The course will focus on using evidence based practices, adherence to national guidelines, and an overview of every step of the NHS Health Check process, from invitation through to take home information and referrals.

Exploring health promotion, client-centred care and legal issues, participants will gain knowledge of how to complete physical and written risk assessments. This will include personal data, physiological measurement, family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes, alcohol and smoking status, activity level, diabetes and CVD risk score and dementia risk reduction messaging. Participants will become competent in assessing client’s risk based on data collected to develop a plan of care with the client, including any necessary referrals to local services as per local and national guidelines.

 

 

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Developed in line with UK national standards and guidelines and guidance from the NHS and NICE.

 

 

 

 

 

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Essential skills to deliver comprehensive NHS Health Checks, promoting early detection and prevention of major health conditions

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