Gidlow, Christopher J.
Sams, Lorna
Riley, Victoria
Ellis, Naomi J.
Povey, Rachel
Nolan, Alicia
Walsh, Gareth
Green, Hayley
Thompson, Katherine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Article History
Received: 23 May 2024
Accepted: 10 April 2025
First Online: 2 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The research team secured ethical approval for the feasibility study from the North East – Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee and the Health Research Authority (23rd March 2022, ref: 22/NEC/0045). OHID secured approval from UKSHA Research Ethics and Governance Group (REGG) for implementation. Informed consent was obtained from participants in advance of accessing NHS Health Check data and undertaking interviews. Sharing of anonymised demographic data for all those invited for an NHS Health Check was shared with the research team as covered through the Data Sharing Agreement (note: this excluded those who had opted out of third-party data sharing with by their general practice).
: Not applicable.
: AN is employed by OHID, the funder of this work. KT is a former employee of OHID. GW is employed by the local authority where this work took place. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.