NHS Health Check Training
Delivered by Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID
Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK
Have you ever wondered why some questions are being asked or how to explain what the results mean?
Join our free, fun and interactive in-person training to improve your knowledge and understanding of NHS Health Checks. And learn top tips for understanding and communicating cardiovascular risk.
This is a Face-to-face event, this bespoke NHS Health Check Training is a great opportunity to update your knowledge nationally and locally, whilst networking with colleagues from across City & Hackney.
This event is for City & Hackney only, please visit the Smart Health Solutions website for more information on the NHS Health Check training.
Venue details can be found on the flyer distributed to practices or the City & Hackney webpage on our website.
This course will provide the learner with updated knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check assessment and to inform the client of the significance of their results and their risk, providing brief advice if required.
It provides underpinning knowledge for the core competences and technical competences described in the NHS Health Check competence framework produced by Public Health England.
Course Overview
Starting with strengthening their understanding of the need for the programme and health inequalities that exist, this comprehensive session gives attendees the knowledge and understanding to support them in carrying out an NHS Health Check, including the significance of their results and CVD risk, acting on the filters and providing brief advice.
Learning Outcomes
- State why NHS Health Checks are important.
- Identify non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- Identify modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted.
- Identify how an NHS Health Check can assess and interpret the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- State how the risk of cardiovascular disease and opportunities for reducing this risk may best be communicated.
- Identify MI techniques for behaviour change
Who should attend
If you are a nurse, healthcare assistant or deliver NHS Health Checks, this course is a must attend.
- Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Health Care Assistants
- Apprentice HCAS
- Physician Associates
- General Practice Associates
- Nursing Associates
- Trainee Nursing Associates
Certificates of participation are available to all attendees on evaluation submission and handouts for each course are available for future reference via the MedAll platform.
We are a registered Centre for the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), and HEART UK supports our cardiovascular training. The NHS Health Check Competency Framework underpins our training.
We are proud of our strong heritage in supporting the NHS Health Check Programme, especially for the training we have provided since 2008.