Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50050

Hypertension: Lincolnshire

Tabled: 6 May 2025

Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve early (a) detection and (b) diagnosis of high blood pressure in Lincolnshire.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The NHS Health Check, a core component of England’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme, plays an important role in detecting high blood pressure in people aged 40 to 74 years old, and engages 1.4 million people a year. Each year, 343,000 ca...

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