{"id":578,"date":"2026-11-05T10:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:10:52","slug":"nhs-health-checks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/nhs-health-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Health Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">If you\u2019re aged 40-74 with no other major conditions, why not book in for a free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/nhs-health-check\/\">NHS Health Check<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This involves a finger-prick blood test with on-the-spot results, as well as your body measures \u2013 blood pressure, pulse, body mass index and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>You will be offered relevant advice and referrals by our trained nursing team<\/p>\n<p>Any concerning issues will be raised with our GPs<\/p>\n<p>We will also calculate a heart disease\/stroke risk score to decide if any medical treatment is needed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">It can help to improve your lifestyle and reduce your risk of:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/coronary-heart-disease\/\">Heart disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/diabetes\/\">Diabetes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/kidney-disease\/\">Kidney disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/stroke\/\">Stroke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/cancer\/\">Cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/dementia\/dementia-prevention\/\">Dementia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Enquire at reception for your free check-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re aged 40-74 with no other major conditions, why not book in for a free\u00a0NHS Health Check? This involves a finger-prick blood test with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}