Evaluation of the uptake and delivery of the NHS Health Check programme in England, using primary care data from 9.5 million people: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To describe the uptake and outputs of the National Health Service Health Check (NHSHC) programme in England.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: National primary care data extracted directly by NHS Digital from 90% of general practices (GP) in England.

Getting serious about prevention.

An estimated two thirds of premature deaths could be prevented by addressing public health issues such as poor diet, being overweight, smoking and high blood pressure. The NHS Five Year Forward View strategy from NHS England and Public Health England's From Evidence into Action both call for a much greater focus on prevention.

Online self-assessment of cardiovascular risk using the Joint British Societies (JBS3)-derived heart age tool: a descriptive study.

Objective: A modified version of the Joint British Societies (JBS3) 'heart age' tool was introduced online to broaden access to personalised risk assessment to the general population and encourage participation in the National Health Service (NHS) Health Check programme. This study reports on its early uptake and the profiles of those who used the self-assessment tool to determine their own cardiovascular risk.

Design: Observational, retrospective analysis of online tool use.