Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) treatments and (b) advice provided by the NHS for individuals with low blood pressure.

The NHS Health Check, offered to eligible people aged between 40 and 74 years old every five years, aims to prevent heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, and some cases of dementia. People can also now have their blood pressure tested in many community pharmacies and over 7,500 pharmacies have delivered nearly two million blood pressure checks in just over two years and we are working with NHS England to expand this service by investing up to £50 million over this and next year. In both services people will be referred to their general practitioner for further assessment and clinical treatment if required, including those with low blood pressure.

No assessment of the adequacy of treatments or advice provided by the National Health Service to individuals with low blood pressure is planned.