The national NHS Health Check patient information leaflet is available in a variety of other languages and in Easy Read format on the NHS Health Check website: NHS Health Check - Leaflets.  Most are available as an online version for printing, but a few can also be ordered as paper copies.

Our locally branded NHS Health Check patient information leaflet and the additional leaflet about dementia for patients over 65 years are available free of charge from the Resource Library at King’s Mill Hospital: tel: 01623 622515 ext. 4009 or email: library.sfht@nhs.net

We have an NHS Health Check Outreach Programme taking place in a variety of workplaces, schools and district council offices. The sessions aim to try to reach people who would otherwise be less likely to attend an appointment at their GP surgery.

The results of these NHS Health Checks are sent to each individual’s GP for entry into their patient record and should be coded as “Provided by Third Party”.

At the first two events in May, eight out of the 24 employees seen were referred to their GP with a QRisk score of 20% or above, which shows the value of these events. If you know of any Nottinghamshire workplaces (particularly with a predominantly male, manual workforce) that might like to host one of these events, please let us know.

We have begun to share the Missing Data Summary with all GP practices, on a monthly basis, so that you can monitor any gaps in information. The QRisk score should not be calculated until all the results have been entered and only then should the NHS Health Check be ticked as “Completed”. If any results are added or updated more than 14 days after the Health Check has been ticked as completed, this data will continue to show as incomplete on the Missing Data Summary.

Since circulating the May summary, it appears that many practices have looked into instances of missing data and the June summary is already looking a lot greener. Thank you! Please don’t hesitate to contact us or the eHealthscope Team, if you would like any help understanding these reports.

“Your Health, Your Way” (YHYW) Integrated Wellbeing Service provides smoking cessation, weight management and physical activity services, along with alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) intervention.

Patients can be referred directly via the NHS Health Check template or provided with the information to self-refer. Telephone and online support are available, as well as a variety of groups and services around the county: www.yourhealthnotts.co.uk; tel. 0115 772 2515.

The team at YHYW is also keen to support clinical staff to understand the services that they offer, so please contact them if you need any more information, leaflets or posters.

The Nottinghamshire County Substance Misuse Service is provided by Change Grow Live (CGL), with community hubs across the whole county. Patients can be referred directly via the NHS Health Check template or provided with the information to self-refer. https://www.changegrowlive.org; tel. 0115 8960798.

Up to 30% of dementia is attributable to risk factors including physical activity, healthy diet, alcohol intake and smoking.  So, everyone who has an NHS Health Check should be made aware that the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are the same as those for dementia - “what is good for the heart is good for the brain”.

In addition, everyone aged 65-74 who has an NHS Health Check, should be told about the signs and symptoms of dementia, given a copy of the NHS Health Check dementia leaflet and be advised what to do if concerned about memory loss. If the patient requires a memory assessment, the referral must be done by a GP or hospital.

Links to online training for practitioners can be found in the NHS Health Check Training Hub.