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NHS Health Checks

Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria

This training is appropriate for anyone who is involved with the delivery or co-ordination, at a practice level, of NHS Health Checks.  It is therefore suitable for GPs, Practice Managers, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Health Care Assistants.

Course Overview

This training session will lay out the need and process of undertaking NHS Health Checks and will support delegates with having those vital conversations around behaviour change to support patients to act with the information received.  The training will include approximately 1 hour’s e-learning to be undertaken prior to attendance at a half day interactive session. The training will cover:

  • Why do we need NHS Health Checks
  • The NHS Health Check Process
  • The essential elements of the NHS Health Check
  • Available tools to help you complete the NHS Health Check fully
  • Communication skills and resources to help discuss the risk score
  • Techniques to encourage behaviour change and optimal health and well-being
  • Lifestyle interventions, local services and resources to support the individual to make a change

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course delegates will:

  • Understand the key principles of 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
  • Establish how the chance of success can be improved by using certain mindful approaches to create an environment that fosters motivation and positivity
  • Consider the use of a set of simple tools to encourage patients in to wanting to change

Course Duration

3 hours 30 minutes 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

Wednesday 22nd January 2025, 9.30 – 1pm, Stockport venue TBC

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

Refreshments

Drinks only provided

Booking Process/Additional Information 

Bookings for this course should be made via the Virtual College LMS: https://nhsgmstockport.vc-enable.co.uk/Enquiries can be made via gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net or  Tel: 07393 798115