Eligibility Questions
Patients must answer yes to:
- Are you aged between 40 and 74 years?
- Are you registered with a GP in Kent or Medway?
- Do you agree to your results being shared with you GP?
Patients must answer no to:
- Have you had an NHS Health Check in the last 5 years? (This would include a finger prick cholesterol test)
- Have you had any other check through the NHS and been found to have a 20% or higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years?
- Are you currently being prescribed statins for the purpose of lowering cholesterol?
- Have you ever been diagnosed with any of the following conditions:
- Coronary heart disease (including heart attack or angina)
- Heart failure
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Genetic high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolaemia)
- Chronic kidney disease (stage 3-5)
- Diabetes (high blood glucose/sugars)
- Atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat)
- Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or mini stroke
- Stroke
- Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
If patients are not eligible please can they see the following message:
You are not currently eligible for an NHS Health Check. Please visit One You Kent | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (kentcht.nhs.uk) to find other ways we can support you.
