NHS Health Check Training
Delivered by Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc
Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID
Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK
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 Richmond and Wandsworth. Details of the venue are available on the R&W webpage on Smart Health Solutions and on promotional flyers sent to practices and pharmacies.
This event is for Richmond & Wandsworth only, please visit the Smart Health Solutions website for more information on the NHS Health Check training.
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.
Learning Outcomes
A fast-paced session with an update of the whole programme and the opportunity to troubleshoot issues and vote on the three topics they would like included in their training. Topics include Audit C, AF, BP, Chol, CKD, CVD Risk, Dementia, GPPAQ, and familial hypercholesterolemia. Attendees value and enjoy this style of interactivity for their learning.
Intended Learning Outcomes;
- State why NHS Health Checks are important
- Know the NHS Health Check filters
- State how an NHS Health Check should be conducted..
- Appreciate the complexity of GPPAQ and audit C
Who should attend
Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks in R&W practices and pharmacies, including:
- Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- GPs
- Health Care Assistants
- Care Coordinators
- Social Prescribers
- Administration
- Practice Staff
- Pharmacists
- Allied Healthcare Professionals
- Health Trainers & Champions
- Healthy Lifestyle Professionals
Certificates of participation are available to all attendees on submission of evaluation 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 been providing since 2008.