Hypertension case-finding service
The Hypertension Case-Finding Service was commissioned as an Advanced service from 1st October 2021.
In public-facing communications, the service is described as the NHS Blood Pressure Check Service.
Click the following link to Find a pharmacy that offers blood pressure checks
Visit CPE for more info on the following:
- Latest service updates
- Introduction
- Service specification and other documentation
- Getting ready to provide the service
- Providing the service
- Funding and claiming payment
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Webinar
- Resources and statistics
- Provide feedback on national pharmacy services
Promoting the service:
A full range of resources including social media cards, posters, and leaflets etc can be found on the CPE website above.
CPE reminder article series:
- Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#1): Maximising the use of my team
- Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#2): How can I promote the service?
- Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#3): How do I engage with my general practices?
- Hypertension Case-Finding Service reminder (#4): ABPM
Virtual Outcomes HCFS training (updated for the new services spec) 
- Do you and your team know that this new service means that GP Practices can send patients to your pharmacy for blood pressure checks?
- Do you know how much your pharmacy will get paid for doing the checks?
- Would you like some ideas about how to proactively approach patients in your pharmacy about the service?
- Are you clear about how to implement the service and the actions you and your team need to take?
- The course is split over two modules to support the delivery of the service
New course for May 2022 – Atrial Fibrillation: Atrial Fibrillation – CP
Local Pilot
Please click here to view more info on the Optical Referral into Community Pharmacy for the Hypertension Case Finding Service – Pilot across all areas.
Blood Pressure Check Information Leaflet – English to Multiple Language Translation
The information leaflet to support the Hypertension Service is now available in several different languages and can be accessed via the link below which takes you to our website.
PDF versions of Bengali and Farsi are also available in case some of the characters don’t display correctly.
Blood pressure checks at pharmacies – English-24.03.23
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Farsi
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Farsi (pdf)
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – French
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Gujarati
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Kurdish (Sorani)
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Latvian
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Lithuanian
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Pashto
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Polish
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Portuguese
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Punjabi
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Romanian
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Simplified Chinese (Mandarin)
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Slovak
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Spanish
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Urdu
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Russian
bp_checks_at_pharmacies – Arabic
