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INVITATION TO PATIENTS aged 40-74 to attend for a vascular screen I am writing to you to offer you a personal assessment of your risk of heart disease (or stroke) this is a new service that we have organised for our patients. You have been selected for the first phase of this invitation (which will eventually be extended to all patients between 40 and 74 years of age) as either we have no blood pressure record or indication of your blood cholesterol level in recent years. If you would like to take up this assessment, which is offered at no-cost under the NHS, then please phone to make an appointment for a VASCULAR CHECK. Appointments are available in mornings or certain evenings. . Please phone to book: 0844 477 0925 The appointment will take about 20 minutes and during the appointment we will measure your height and weight calculating your body mass index. We will also measure your waist and hips. We will check a blood test (either from a finger-prick or from a vein) for cholesterol and glucose. We also need to record your smoking status and alcohol intake, your ethnicity, any family history of heart disease or stroke and your physical activity levels. All these will be fed into a risk analysis programme which will indicate if you are at low, medium, high or very high risk of heart disease or stroke. If you are at a high or very high risk, then you will be invited back for fasting blood levels, a heart tracing (ECG) and consideration of any help that we can offer to reduce your risk (eg: helping you to stop smoking; reducing alcohol; increasing exercise or, if necessary, medication to reduce blood pressure or cholesterol) Every patient will receive a personalised feedback on their vascular risk with advice on minimising future risk. If you can complete the attached questionnaire and bring it with you to the check-up it will help save a few minutes ! Hope you will come along Dr Higson and Team
VASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT pre-screening questionnaire Your Name: Your Date of Birth: Your address: Your telephone numbers; Your email address: Do you currently smoke? YES NO If so, how much do you smoke in a day? ___________________ How much alcohol do you drink in an average week? __________________ If more than 14 units a week, please complete the following screening questions : 1:How often do you have EIGHT or more units (SIX for women) on one occasion_____________(one unit is half a pint of beer or small glass of wine) 2:How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking? _________________________3:How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking? _________________________ 4:In the last year has a relative or friend, or a doctor or healthworker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down? ___________________ Do you undertake any physical activity on a regular basis? YES NO If yes, how many sessions of 30 minutes or more per week? _____ What is your ethnic background? _______________ Do you have any family history of heart disease (heart attack or angina) or Stroke in you brothers/sisters/ parents/ aunts and uncles ? If so .. what? Please bring this with you to your consultation _______________________________________________FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: HT Wt BMI Waist Hips Waist/Hip ratio Cholesterol Glucose BP Pulse Initial risk based on HDL of 0.8 _____________________ Action: Booked for Fasting and ECG . Booked to see Dr .. to Await feedback |
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