Public Health

NHS Health Check

Template

V 2 2014

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Why Needed?

• Public Health template – revised & updated

• Incorporates all the essential read codes

• Incorporates all the essential health check criteria

• Ensures quality assurance in delivery of the programme

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Vision

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Why Use?

Thorough – Ensures that all essential health check criteria are met & patient’s health risks are fully identified & recorded

Accurate – Ensures Q Risk 2/Framingham score is accurate, so that individualised help can be maximised to reduce risk.

Efficient – Ensures nurse time is utilised effectively during the appointment

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Why Use? Cont…

Continuity – ensures ALL Wirral patients receive a

standardised, high quality health check & are

recalled every five years or transferred to either

the CVD high risk register or other appropriate

registers, for annual review

Enables accurate data collection & monitoring of

the programme for quality assurance & payment

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Payment

Using the template ensures that the following essential payment read codes are logged;

NHS health check invite

NHS health check completed &

Smoking, Alcohol Services & Weight Management referrals

Using the template ensures that your surgery is paid in full for all YOUR hard work

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Essential Read Codes

Invites - Written Invites 9mC1-3

- Telephone Invite 9mC0

- Verbal Invite 9mC4

Completed – 8BAg

Referrals; Smoking Cessation – Int. 8H7i – Ext. 8HkQ

Weight Management – Int. 8HHH – Ext. 8HHH0

Alcohol Services -- 8HkG

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Referrals

• Electronic Form– easy & quick to use – ask Livewell

• Referrals Provide;

• Support – attending group or 1:1, educational & advice sessions regularly, supports patients to make healthy lifestyle & positive behaviour changes

• Motivation – regular appointments with nurses, health trainers & other health professionals, has been shown to increase patient motivation to address risky behaviours & improve individual health & wellbeing

A professional, high quality & standardised service for all patients across the Wirral

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The Future

Challenges ahead :

• Identify & target hard to reach groups for health checks

• Reduce health inequalities between the richest & poorest patients on the Wirral

• Achieve completed health checks annually of 75% of eligible population

• Continuously improve quality & implementation of the programme

Approx 15 million people to be screened

NHS Health Checks

The opportunity for us to

make a REAL difference

to our patients lives

Thank you for listening

Any Questions?