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NHS health checks may have prevented 8400 heart attacks and strokes over five years

The NHS Health Check programme has prevented an estimated 4600-8400 myocardial infarctions, strokes, or deaths due to these causes over the past five years by increasing statin use and improving diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease, an observational study has found.1

The programme, which started in 2009, offers a free health check to all adults aged 40-74 to help identify those at highest risk of cardiovascular disease and new comorbidities and to offer treatment, support, and advice on behavioural change. But researchers and politicians have questioned its evidence base.2 3 4 …