Improving cardiovascular disease risk communication in NHS Health Checks: a qualitative study.

Objective: The NHS Health Check programme is a public screening and prevention initiative in England to detect early signs of cardiovascular ill health among healthy adults. We aimed to explore patient perspectives and experiences of a personalised Risk Report designed to improve cardiovascular risk communication in the NHS Health Check.

Design And Setting: This is a qualitative study with NHS Health Check attendees in three general practices in the London Borough of Newham.