Blood Pressure Checks – Available at your local pharmacy
Community pharmacies are offering free NHS blood pressure checks to people aged 40 and over, often with no appointment necessary. Your results will be sent through to us at Avonside.
This free check involves spending around 10-15 minutes in the pharmacy consultation room with the pharmacist or trained member of staff. Following this, you may be invited to take home a blood pressure monitor that measures your blood pressure as you go about your daily life.
High blood pressure is often called the silent killer because it usually has no symptoms. Yet it’s a leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. Around 5 million adults in the UK may be living with undiagnosed high blood pressure.
