High blood pressure is a significant risk factor for heart disease and strokes. All of our clinical team are able to check your blood pressure. It is called a ‘silent disease’ as often doesn’t cause symptoms and therefore we look to opportunistically check your blood pressure in clinics, if you don’t have a diagnosis of high blood pressure and see us for another matter.
If you have a diagnosis of high blood pressure, we will inform you when your blood pressure check is due. If your blood pressure is well controlled this will be around your birth month. If you need more regular monitoring we will inform you when your next check is due.
How to check your own blood pressure without a GP appointment:
- If you do not have your own blood pressure monitor we can lend one to you, ask about this at reception
- Using the self-blood pressure checking machine in the waiting room