Recommendation ID
NG16/5
Question

How effective and cost-effective is the NHS Health Check programme? What are the patterns of uptake in relation to the demographics of the population and their degree of behavioural risk? What is the programme's effect on the development of dementia, disability and frailty? How feasible is extending the NHS Health Check programme to a younger age range?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

None


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
Number
NG16
Date issued
October 2015

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 31/10/2015