Thanks to an innovative NHS initiative, 12 dental practices across Basildon, Brentwood and mid Essex are now offering free blood pressure checks to patients over 40 who haven’t had one in the past year.
Patients attending a dental appointment at one of the participating practices will be offered a free blood pressure check if they are over 40 years and haven’t had a check in the last year. The practices are in areas where data shows the highest number of undiagnosed hypertension (high blood pressure) cases.
The blood pressure checks are simple and quick. Dental staff will take two readings, and anyone with high readings will receive information and guidance for further testing.
The practices currently offering blood pressure monitoring are:
- Alba Dental Care, Braintree
- Springfield Dental Practice, Chelmsford
- Brickfields Dental Practice, Chelmsford
- Baddow Dental Practice, Chelmsford
- Heralds Way Dental Clinic, Chelmsford
- Smile Dental Clinic, Basildon
- The Essex Dental Clinic, Earls Colne
- Dental Beauty Benfleet Clinic, Benfleet
- The Dental Health Centre, Maldon
- Sharrow Dental, Chelmsford
- Herongate Dental Surgery, Brentwood
- Goodleigh Dental Practice, Chelmsford