COULD YOU HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES?

 

The Care Plus Group Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) collaborative has been actively working in North East Lincolnshire to raise awareness of risk factors relating to coronary heart disease.

The collaborative particularly focus on trying to encourage people who have not already had blood pressure checks to have them by offering them in community settings.  Hypertension (high blood pressure) puts a strain on the heart and can lead to coronary heart disease.

So far this year, the team have tested almost 300 people and 30% of these have had a high blood pressure reading.  Heart disease often does not display any symptoms, but with early detection, individuals have been successfully and easily treated.

Martin Wakefield, Collaborative Project Manager at Care Plus Group, said:

“Coronary heart disease is the UK's biggest killer, with one in every four men and one in every six women dying from the disease. In the UK, approximately 300,000 people have a heart attack each year.

“By offering people free blood pressure checks we can identify if they may be potentially at risk from coronary heart disease and recommend a follow up appointment with their GP.”

The team will also be offering diabetes risk assessments, starting in the next few months.

Anyone wishing to join the team to help promote Coronary heart disease /diabetes or for further information about the collaborative please contact Julie Grimmer or Martin Wakefield on (01472) 232261/7 or email julie.grimmer@nhs.net / martin.wakefield@nhs.net