A pharmaceutical officer has said that “With the number of people living with major illnesses including heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions set to grow substantially over the coming years, it has never been more important to put in place preventative measures like easy to access blood pressure checks that can pick up the early signs and risks.” So what are pop up blood pressure check clinics?
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00:00 As part of a major NHS drive to prevent strokes and heart attacks, blood pressure checks will
00:05 now be available in local communities. Mobile sites have visited places such as barber shops,
00:10 supermarkets, mosques and dominoes clubs so that local teams can find potential health
00:16 problems for patients at locations that are most convenient.
00:20 In a moved part of the Primary Care Access Recovery Plan, new funding will see a further
00:25 2.5 million blood pressure checks in community pharmacies which are estimated to prevent
00:30 more than 1,350 cardiovascular events each year.
00:35 David Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, said "The enormous expansion of the number
00:39 of blood pressure clinics over the last year is thanks to the hard work of community pharmacies
00:44 which have more than doubled the number of blood pressure checks delivered, and the innovation
00:48 of local teams, going into the heart of communities with mobile sites."
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