The Enhanced Health Check is very similar to a standard NHS Health Check, in that it aims to improve your health and wellbeing.
We are all at risk of developing health conditions that may affect us in the future, but spotting things early can often help us to help put preventions in place to help us live in good health for longer. The purpose of the Enhanced Health Check is to find things early so that we can make the right offer of support to you to help prevent things developing further.
The standard NHS Health Check can help you prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease, and other conditions that we become more at risk of developing with age.
The Enhanced Health Check does all of the above, as well as further screening, vaccinations, and your mental and physical wellbeing.
Across Lancashire and South Cumbria, there are some residents who qualify for a NHS Health Check, and who we believe would benefit from further screening and support, which is why they are being offered an Enhanced Health Check.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Enhanced Health Check?
We recognise that things in your day to day life can affect your health so an Enhanced Health Check gives us the opportunity to have a chat to understand if that is the case with you and if we can do anything to help.
We will ask you some questions about your current circumstances and lifestyle. We will also measure your height and check your weight, take your blood pressure and do a blood test. It shouldn’t take longer than an hour although it may have to be completed in 2 parts on different days.
Why have I been invited?
Across Lancashire and South Cumbria though there are some residents who qualify for the standard NHS Health Check (those aged 40 – 74 with no known health conditions), and who we believe would benefit from further support, which is why they are being offered an Enhanced Health Check.
To begin with we’re focusing on people aged between 40 – 74 with mental health issues or those who live in an area where a lot of people are socially vulnerable (for example those who live in poverty, have lack of access to transportation, or live in crowded housing). GP practices may choose to invite others though who they also think would benefit.
How often will I be invited?
If you have had an Enhanced Health check, you will be invited every 5 years for another one, if you are still eligible.
If you’ve been invited and not responded, or declined, we will aim to invite you again every year encase you’ve changed your mind.
