Blood pressure checks at train stations

[Northerner]

COMMUTERS will be able to check their blood pressure at railway stations in a bid to find the “missing millions” of Britons unwittingly at risk of a heart attack or stroke. Football clubs, pharmacies and barbers will also offer the free service.

The British Heart Foundation is investing £1.5million in projects to reach people who are less likely to go to their GP surgery for a test.

The charity estimates that seven million people are living with undiagnosed high blood pressure.

Experts estimate the consequences of the condition costs the NHS £2billion every year, while social care and economic costs are likely to be much higher.

High blood pressure – often known as the “silent killer” – affects nearly a third of adults across the UK.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1023919/blood-pressure-checks-at-train-stations

Would have been interesting to see the results if they'd done this during the timetable chaos! 😱

 

[Lanny]

I don’t think a train station is a good place to check blood pressure! People rushing to get trains on time, frustrations of delays etc. Blood pressure will be elevated anyway!🙄

 

[Ljc]

What bright spark came up with that idea

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

What a daft idea

 

[mikeyB]

I’m surprised they didn’t include at the dentists, or even at the doctors.

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

As much use as a chocolate fire guard.

 

[trophywench]

If they are the stupid machine they have in our GP surgery waiting room which uses your wrist - my wrists are too slim for the machine hence I only get an error message and despite having my own machine at home, have to make an appointment to see an HCP whenever my BP medication prescriptions are up for review. Tedious.

 

[grovesy]

My GP have one in the surgery but I have not used it.

 

[mikeyB]

Like Jenny and Northie, I have a machine at home, an Omron. That’s good enough for me, and that’s why I don’t take antihypertensives any more, like a good boy should. Don’t take statins anymore either. I don’t believe tablets can extend your life if your measurements are in the normal range.

Others, of course might believe that. Good luck with that then. Don’t forget to change your genes while you’re at it.

 

[Dave W]

Testing in a railway station is without doubt not the best place or time, but if the result, right or wrong, prompts someone to see their GP and get a proper test it may well result in a life being extended and/or savings for the NHS.
I test my BP and do an average for a week before my 3 monthly reviews as I know my results are far more accurate than the one-off test in the surgery. I use the same Omron as the sugery and my results are the ones that are recorded on my record.