Free blood pressure checks

Blood pressure checks are quick, free and painless - and could save your life.

Know your Numbers! Week 2008 has now finished, but you can still get a free blood pressure check all year-round at GP Surgeries, health centres and many high street pharmacies.

If you'd like more information once you've had your check, visit our 'Blood Pressure and You' pages or call our Information Line on 0845 241 0989 (11am-3pm Mon-Fri).

You may also wish to check your blood pressure at home. Click here for more about home blood pressure monitoring.

Know your Numbers! Week 2008

Know your Numbers! Week ran from 8-14 September 2008 and offered free blood checks at more than 3,000 Pressure Stations across the UK. To find out what happened and who supported the event, please see our:

• News releases
• Celebrities pages
• MP support
• Supporters page
• Participating organisations page.

We will publish research undertaken during the Week soon, but we expect to have tested even more people than the quarter of a million we reached in 2007.

Links:
Click here to try our lifestyle quiz
Click here to find out how you can lower your blood pressure
Click here to help the BPA