Services Database Let’s Tackle High Blood Pressure (Newcastle Gateshead Area)
Service ID
300630
Description
This service is available across the following LPCs:
- Gateshead and South Tyneside LPC; and
- North of Tyne LPC
Only one service entry has been made for this service to avoid duplication.
The Newcastle Let's Tackle High Blood Pressure project is part of the British Heart Foundation award programme and will create an innovative new testing and identification of hypertension pharmacy service.
The project will reach into local communities with a combined population of over 480,000 people to deliver free blood pressume monitoring, healthy living advice, brief interventions and identification of hypertension using home blood pressure monitoring to communities that need it the most.
Location of service
Gateshead & South Tyneside LPC
Commissioner
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Service type
Cardiovascular
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
Not known.
