New digital health check to tackle deadly cardiovascular disease

The UK Government has announced a Digital NHS Health Check, which will be available from spring 2024. Working in conjunction with the current NHS Health Check, it expects to deliver an extra one million checks within four years, thus reducing demand on general practitioners. Patients will complete an online questionnaire, which will recommend advice and treatments. Each digital check could save the NHS an estimated 20 minutes, potentially freeing up hundreds of thousands of primary care appointments.