This local Integrated Care Board (ICB) initiative pilot will be running within specific CDS clinics until July 2025.
Hypertension is often asymptomatic but is also a major cardiovascular risk factor. The risk of high blood pressure increases with age, therefore regular checks are important to best manage an individual’s health and avoid hypertension. CDS’s adult patients, parents and carers are being offered a blood pressure check within their dental appointments by trained employees in CDS’s clinics in North Hykeham, Harlow and Epping.
Nicola Bushell is an operations manager in Essex at one of the locations where the pilot is being delivered. She said, “As CDS is a social enterprise, we aim to continuously improve the health of our patients. We want to make every moment count, so if we can provide oral health treatment and identify patients with hypertension at the same time, we feel that is a good use of our resources and time”.
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