Norfolk: Check your blood pressure
1 in 6 adults in Norfolk don't know they have high blood pressure. Are you one of them?
High blood pressure rarely has noticeable symptoms and left untreated can lead to strokes, heart attacks and other serious diseases.
Knowing your blood pressure is important. Following the success our 2018 Public Health campaign we are again raising awareness of the risks of high blood pressure and asking any Norfolk residents who have not had their blood pressure reading taken in the last five years to 'Get Checked' in a local participating pharmacy.
The NHS have currently commissioned a number of pharmacies in Norwich and Great Yarmouth to carry out free checks as part of the campaign, a list of which can be found below with more being added across the rest of the county in the coming weeks.
Regardless of where you live many pharmacies continue to offer free BP checks or will check your blood pressure for you as part of a wider health MOT so pop along to your local pharmacy and ask if they offer this service to get your blood pressure checked now!
Your blood pressure reading
Check what the figures from your Blood Pressure reading mean for your health with this useful online tool from the NHS
What do I do if I have high blood pressure?
You should be advised about making some simple lifestyle changes, or be prescribed medication by your GP, but usually it's easy to treat.
There isn't always an explanation for the cause of high blood pressure, but these can play a part:
- Not doing enough physical activity
- Being overweight or obese
- Having too much salt in your diet
- Regularly drinking too much alcohol
And by dealing with it now, you can avoid much more serious issues later on in life.
Even if you don't have high blood pressure, making some simple lifestyle changes like being more active or not drinking too much alcohol may help prevent you developing it in the future.
You can find more information about high blood pressure and how it's treated at the British Heart Foundation website.
Look after your health
There are lots of ways you can check and assess your health
- Take the NHS health quiz
- Find out about the One You Apps to help you make simple lifestyle changes
- Heart Age tool - Find out how old your heart really is and how you can improve your health with this interactive quiz
- Over 40? Want to know your chance of developing heart, diabetes, stroke or kidney problems? Find out if you are eligible for a NHS Health Check.
Participating pharmacies
Great Yarmouth
- Well Pharmacy
Day Lewis Ltd
147 Lawn Avenue
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1QP
- Greyfriars Pharmacy
5 Greyfriars Way
Great Yarmouth
NR30 2QE
- Town Pharmacy
171 Kings Street
Great Yarmouth
NR30 2PA
- Alexandra Road Surgery
Alexandra Road
Lowestoft
NR32 1LX
- Hayden's
Victoria Surgery
82 Victoria Road
Oulton Broad
NR33 9LU
North Norfolk
- Lloyds Cromer
51 Church Street
Cromer
NR27 9HH - Kelling Pharmacy
Holt Medical Practice
Old Cromer Road
Kelling Hospital
Holt
NR25 6QA - Willows Aylsham
15 Frazers Yard
Norwich
Frazers Yard
Aylsham
Norwich
NR11 6FB - Coltishall Pharmacy
30 High Street Coltishall
Norwich
NR12 7AA
Norwich
- Hurn Chemist
143 Unthank Road
Norwich
NR2 2PE
- Lloyds Pharmacy
2 Mandela Close Oak Street
Norwich
NR3 3BA
- Lloyds Pharmacy
22 West End Street,
Norwich
NR2 4JJ
- Lloyds Pharmacy
In-Store J Sainsbury
1 Brazen Gate
Off Queens Road
Norwich
NR1 3RX
- Morrisons Pharmacy
4 Albion Way
Riverside
Norwich
NR11WU
South Norfolk
- Lloyds Pharmacy
Queens Square
Attleborough
NR17 2AF - Thetford Community Healthy Living Centre
Croxton Road
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 1JD - Lime Pharmacy Grove Surgery
Grove Lane
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 2HY - Lloyds Pharmacy Sainsbury's
Forest Retail Park
London Road
Thetford
IP24 3QL
West Norfolk
- Jai Chemist
65 High Street
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1AY - The Clock Pharmacy
1 Gayton Road
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4EA - Willows Pharmacy
2 Old Church Road
Terrington St John
Wisbech
PE14 7XA - Alan Stockley Pharmacy
37 Lynn Road
Snettisham
PE317LR - Welle Pharmacy
Townley Close
Upwell
PE14 9BT