The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7423 p472
21 October 2006

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Men’s health check-up service launched

AAH has launched a men's health check-up service that it hopes will be commissioned as an enhanced service under the community pharmacy contract in England and Wales.

The 30-minute check-up includes a short questionnaire, calculation of body mass index and measurement of blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose. The pharmacist conducting the check-up reviews risk factors with the patient, provides health advice and information and refers him to other health care professionals as necessary. For £80, AAH provides pharmacists with a training manual, patient information leaflets, appointment cards and promotional posters.

“The funding for health care services is there, so pharmacists need to take advantage of it before it is too late,” Steve Dunn, AAH group managing director, urged. “Those who do not press ahead with opportunities like this risk having them offered to other NHS providers instead.”