Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN HL2142
Health Services: Screening
Tabled: 15 July 2026
Answered: 22 July 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 5 June (HL108), what steps they are taking to ensure that delivery of NHS Health Checks is better incentivised across primary care and local systems.
Answer
The NHS Health Check (NHS HC) programme is commissioned by local authorities who are responsible for offering 100% of their eligible resident population a check every five years.The Government's Public Health Grant to local authorities is used to enable t...
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