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<p>The NHS Health Check is England’s cardiovascular disease prevention programme.
It aims to prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease, and some cases
of dementia among adults aged 40 to 74 years old. Each year the programme engages
over one million people, including women, and prevents approximately 400 heart attacks
or strokes. The provision of an alcohol risk assessment, and brief advice about alcohol
harm, is a requirement in the NHS Health Check. The guidance to practitioners sets
out that people identified as drinking at higher-risk levels should be referred for
a liver check, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
In addition, the United Kingdom’s Chief Medical Officer’s Low risk drinking guidelines
and National Health Service guidance highlight that alcohol use is a risk factor for
heart disease.</p>
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