NHS Health Check Training for Southampton Practices

Delivered by Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc

Former Clinical Advisor Personalised Prevention OHID

Chair Health Care Committee HEART UK

This is an In-Person event, the venue details are on the Southampton webpage on the Smart Health Solutions website.

This bespoke NHS Health Check Training is a great opportunity to update your knowledge nationally and locally, whilst networking with colleagues from across Wiltshire.

This event is for Southampton only, please visit the Smart Health Solutions website for more information on the NHS Health Check training.

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.

Intended 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.

Who should attend

Anyone involved in the delivery of health checks 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

CPD

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.

You will need to create an account on MedAll, the platform for HCPs used for registration, handouts and certificates. Click here for a helpful guide

About us

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 training we have been providing since 2008,

Website Smart Health Solutions