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NHS Health Checks

Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria

This training is appropriate for anyone who is involved with the delivery of NHS Health Checks: GPS, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Assistant Practitioners and Health Care Assistants.

Course Overview

This training session is just being updated, but will include what the NHS Health Checks are, why they are so important and how to have conversations about behaviour change with will lay out the need and process of undertaking NHS Health Checks and will support delegates with having those vital conversations around behaviour change with patients.

The training will include approximately 1 hour’s e-learning to be undertaken prior to attendance at a half day interactive session, either Teams or Face to Face.

The training will cover:

  • Why do we need NHS Health Checks
  • Techniques to encourage behaviour change with Dr Joe Delaney
  • Lifestyle interventions, local services and resources to support the individuals to make a change – with the Stockport START team
  • The essential elements of the NHS Health Check
  • Communication skills and resources to help discuss the risk score
  • Available tools to help you complete the NHS Health Check fully
  • Communication skills and resources to help discuss the risk score

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course delegates will:

  • Understand the NHS Health Check programme
  • Be able to explain the requirements of the NHS Health Check
  • Understand the process behind gathering, recording and inputting the data to calculate a cardiovascular risk score, and the EMIS tools available to support this.
  • Recognise individuals at risk of heart disease, but also identify those who are hypertensive, have an irregular pulse, diabetes, pre-diabetes or impaired glucose regulation
  • Be able to describe lifestyle interventions appropriate to each individual’s needs and signpost and refer appropriately
  • Understand the conditions that block motivation and which prevent individuals with long term conditions from changing to more positive and healthier behaviour
  • Consider why people with long term conditions find it difficult to maintain long term goals
  • Consider the use of a set of simple tools to encourage patients in to wanting to change

Course Duration

3 hours plus approximately 1 hour prior to the course for some e-learning

Trainer/Facilitator

Eleanor Banister, Public Health Intelligence & Early Intervention & Prevention Lead and Public Health Colleagues, Stockport Council and Dr Joe Delaney, Independent Consultant in Lifestyle Medicine

Date/Time/Venue

Tuesday 17th June 2025, 2pm – 5pm via MS Teams.

There is some e-learning to be undertaken prior to attendance at the face to face training.

This session will be carried out via a video conferencing platform called MS Teams, delegates will need a computer or smart phone to join, where possible they are encouraged to use a web camera to fully participate. All joining details and coaching will be available before the session

Booking Process/Additional Information