Research and analysis

Increasing blood pressure checks in community pharmacy: cardiovascular disease impact

Estimates of the cardiovascular disease events and costs avoided from increasing blood pressure checks in community pharmacies in England.

Applies to England

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This document contains data for possible scenarios of cardiovascular disease avoided from increasing the numbers of people seen for blood pressure checks in community pharmacies in England. This supports policy options on increasing community pharmacy blood pressure services and supports statements on the impact of these policies.

The data provides estimates of disease avoidance over a potential 20-year period.

This includes data on the estimated number of events avoided and their potential cost, as well as mortality avoided and quality-adjusted life years gained from disease event avoidance.

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Published 9 May 2023

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