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Health Checks
An NHS Health Check can help you to identify your risk of developing serious health conditions like heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, allowing you to take preventive measures. We provide personalised advice on changes you can make to improve your health, and reduce established risks.
Quit Smoking Services
Have you been considering improving your health by quitting smoking, or do you know you want to quit for sure?
Health Checks
FREE Health Check-up - Looking After Your Heart and Circulation
This check-up helps you understand your risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and kidney problems. Cardiovascular risk naturally increases with age and many of the warning signs for these conditions do not have apparent symptoms.
That's why having an NHS Health Check is important; It helps to identify whether you are at a higher risk, enabling you to take early steps to protect your health and to reduce your risk.
What happens at an NHS Health Check?
Your NHS Health Check will be done by a healthcare professional. It will take roughly 20 to 30 minutes and usually includes:
a short questionnaire about your health (ex: smoking, medical conditions, alcohol consumption..)
measuring your height and weight
measuring your waist
a cholesterol test, and possibly a blood sugar level test
You'll be given your cardiovascular risk score, which shows your risk of developing a heart or circulation problem, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes or kidney disease, over the next 10 years.
Our friendly and experienced practitioners are there to engage with any questions you may have!
Make sure you take advantage of your free Health Check once every five years!
Available for people aged 40 to 74. The Health Check is especially important for those without pre-existing conditions, to keep on top of their health.
If you're aged over 65, you can also be given details of local services that help with (Check out: symptoms of dementia to look out for)
Stop Smoking Support
Local stop smoking services offer expert advisers and professional support to help you quit for good, using a range of proven methods - all free of charge under the NHS.
You don’t need to be sure about quitting or have a plan— the meeting is a chance to explore your situation without pressure; if you decide to quit, the adviser will help you create an action plan and set a quit date, usually within a week.
"The majority of people who see an adviser will get through the first month after quitting without smoking a cigarette.”
- Jennifer Percival, NHS Stop Smoking Adviser
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Explore your reasons for smoking
Discuss motivations and goals for quitting
Review any previous quit attempts and challenges you have faced
You'll be offered a breath test, which shows the level of carbon monoxide – a poisonous gas in cigarette smoke – in your body
Set a personalised quit date
Additionally: You don’t have to use treatment, but we can help you find the right option for easy and affordable stop smoking treatments, such as:
nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches or gum
medicines such as varenicline and bupropion (Zyban)
Find the best stop-smoking products for you here.
Ready to for a Health Check?
📍 Where to Find Us
You can access your very own FREE NHS Health Checks and support with your journey to Stop Smoking. Simply drop into our Haven Clinic: Freo Wellness Centre:
25 Haven Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, BH13 7LE
Contact the Clinic by email.