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Lowering the UK's blood pressure for life is an ambitious goal. But one that we believe we can achieve.
To help everyone take control of their blood pressure and make the changes that will lower it for life, we work with the Government, healthcare professionals and the public to offer:
- information
- support
- awareness-raising activities.
What we do
Through our work, our charity:
- stops people losing a family member or loved one because the condition was not detected at all or picked up early enough. (For more information, please see our case studies)
- prevents unnecessary strokes and heart attacks (and therefore early death and disability) because high blood pressure is well controlled and lowered. (Shown by results of our survey)
- helps people with high blood pressure feel more confident, knowledgeable and in control of their condition and its treatment (Shown by results of our survey)
- helps people at high risk of high blood pressure and its consequences be aware of the importance of looking after their blood pressure. We do this by targeting these groups directly (for example African Caribbean, South Asian communities and people aged over 55) through community initiatives and working with the media
- helps people with high blood pressure feel less isolated and confused (shown by the letters of thanks we receive about our magazine Positive Pressure)
- improves the relationship between the patient and their health professional, encourages discussion and concordance with medicines (shown by our survey and feedback about our medicines information projects).
The numbers - how we are doing
As we work to achieve our goal of lowreing the nation's blood pressure for life, the charity:
- sent out more than one million pieces of information in the past year
- has 4,000 subscribers to its magazine and 18,000 members
- reaches more than 5,000 health professionals
- receives 1 million people through its web site every year
- sent information to 2,500 GP surgeries across the UK in the past year
- produces more than 40 different publications on all aspects of managing high blood pressure
- tested the blood pressures of over 250,000 people during its 2007 Know your Numbers!® Week.
- worked with more than 2,000 health professional volunteers who set up and ran Pressure Stations during Know your Numbers!® 2007
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