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<p>The Department is taking forward a scheme of work to modernise the NHS Health Check
programme, and to deliver on recommendations from the 2021 review of the programme.
We are currently focused on the development and launch of a digital NHS Health Check,
to be launched later this year, and rolled out nationally over the next four years.
Following the launch of a digital check, the Department will consider the evidence
for, and practicality of, expanding the scope of the NHS Health Check. This will include
consideration of introducing a wider range of clinical checks, and considering a younger
target age group.</p><p>Local authorities can design and deliver NHS Health Checks
to suit the needs of their local population. This includes who provides the service,
and in what settings it is delivered. In some areas, NHS Health Checks are already
delivered in community and workplace settings. To build the evidence of the feasibility
and impact of this approach, we are investing up to £10 million into a pilot, to deliver
cardiovascular disease checks in workplace settings during 2024/25.</p>
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