Pharmacies carry out 75k blood pressure checks in just over 7 months

Community pharmacies in England have carried out 75,051 blood pressure checks within the seven months since the launch of the hypertension case-finding service, it has been revealed.

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6,800 pharmacies have signed up to offer blood pressure checks since the service launched

England’s chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb and Shahed Ahmad, NHS national clinical director for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, shared the figure in a blog commemorating World Hypertension Day, published today (May 17).

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