The NHS Health Check is associated with a short-term increase in diagnoses of hypertension, high cholesterol, and chronic kidney disease, but reduced longer-term multimorbidity and mortality, ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said 'women have been suffering in silence for far too long' and hopes the change means no one ...

“The NHS offers breast screening from 50 years to 71,” says Rai. “Screening usually includes mammogram and/or ultrasound of ...

The government is planning to roll out an NHS Digital Health Check service from spring 2024, in a bid to free up GP appointments and reduce NHS waiting times. The check-up is a digital version of the ...

In a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers compared the rate of new diagnoses among United Kingdom Biobank (UKBB) individuals who received the National Health Service (NHS) ...

Millions of women in England could benefit as NHS health checks will, for the first time, include questions about menopause. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said women have been “suffering in silence ...

Questions about the menopause will be included in NHS health checks for the first time, officials have announced, in a move that could benefit millions of women in England. Health Secretary Wes ...

The Royal Osteoporosis Society said Health Secretary Wes Streeting's decision to ask about the menopause now offers a "prime opportunity" to deliver on his pledge for early diagnosis of osteoporosis.

A new digital health check delivering an additional one million checks in the first 4 years is to be rolled out in England in Spring 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) underlined ...

People aged between 40 and 74 living in Staffordshire are being encouraged to book a free NHS Health Check. Staffordshire County Council is making it easier than ever for residents to look after their ...

The NHS Health Check programme in England may have prevented an estimated 4,600 to 8,400 heart attacks, strokes, or death from these causes in its first five years, according to an independent review ...