NHS: Find a Pharmacy
A blood pressure test checks if your blood pressure is healthy, or if it's high or low. Having this quick test is the only way to find out what your blood pressure is and could save your life detecting serious problems including heart attacks and strokes. This service helps you find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks. You can get your blood pressure checked at a pharmacy without seeing a GP, by following the link to the 'Find a Pharmacy' service below.
Click here to go to the Find a Pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks, NHS page.
What happens when you get your blood pressure checked? A pharmacist, or member of the pharmacy team, will wrap a blood pressure cuff around your upper arm to measure your blood pressure. They will then share the result with you.
Depending on the result, they might give you: Advice to support healthy living; a blood pressure monitor to take home with you and return later; advise you to see a GP. If you're registered with a GP surgery, your blood pressure reading will be added to your GP health record. It will not be shared with anyone unless your blood pressure is very high or very low and you need urgent medical help.
Who can use this service?
How are services delivered?
Anyone aged 40 and over in England.
You cannot get a free blood pressure check if you already have high blood pressure or have had your blood pressure checked by a healthcare professional in the past 6 months.
Via the NHS 'Find a Pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks' portal.
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