NHS Health Checks

Blackburn with Darwen (BwD) Council aims to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the local population with an emphasis on reducing health inequalities. Public Health commission the local NHS Health Check programme which was originally launched in 2009, as mandated by the Health and Social Care Act (2012) and funded through the ring-fenced Public Health Grant. The purpose of this programme is to prevent stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and dementia across the population and within hi...