Eligible for NHS Health Check

Eligible for NHS Health Check

Eligible for NHS Health Check 

Overview/Purpose

This protocol allows users to check patients to see if they are eligible for an NHS Health Check.

Product

This protocol  is part of the PCIT toolset product

What does it do?

This protocol is available for users to launch manually to check whether patients are eligible for an NHS Health Check.
  1. You will need to select patient
  2. The protocol can be launched via administration template under the eligibility section or separately via F12 and searching for Eligible for NHS Health Check protocol.
  3. There are a number of aspects this protocol checks for (in the background) prior to you seeing a message:
    1. Age is between 40 and 74
    2. Pre-existing cardiovascular condition
    3. Recent issue of a lipid lowering drug
    4. Previous NHS Health Check within the last 5 years
  4. A message will appear (see below screenshots), depending on which route (from the above checks) the protocol has taken.
  5. You can then select an appropriate action from the message displayed

Why is it important?

This protocol will help team members quickly and efficiently identify if a patient is eligible for their NHS Health Check. This is important because it saves time within general practice, as well as ensuring accuracy.

What does it look like?

See below screenshot which shows an example of the protocol in use:

If the patient being checked is eligible for an NHS Health Check, the below message will show:


If the patient being checked is NOT eligible for an NHS Health Check the below message will show:


Or in the absence of a coded cardiovascular condition but the patient is on a statin:


Another message that may show is when the last coded NHS Health Check was within the last 5 years. The user can click on the option to view when the patient last has their NHS Health Check to see if its approaching 5 years and can be booked in for an appointment. 







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