NICE 26 February 2014
- This briefing summarises NICE's recommendations for local authorities and partner organisations that could be used to encourage people to have NHS Health Checks and support them to change their behaviour after the NHS Health Check and reduce their risk factors. It is particularly relevant to health and wellbeing boards.
- Read alongside the Department of Health and Public Health England's NHS Health Check Best Practice Guidance
- "NICE recognises the debate on the effectiveness of health checks that is ongoing at the time of publication of this briefing. Because the NHS Health Check programme is currently part of the health delivery infrastructure in England, NICE seeks to support its effective delivery. NICE notes that where delivery and uptake are sub-optimal and the lifestyle advice offered does not meet the person's needs, then there is a risk of the programme being ineffective."
