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Today is World Heart Day - Learn more about the free NHS Health Check, how you get one and improving your results here: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/nhs-health-check/Pages/NHS-Health-Check.aspx | UK Health Security Agency

NHS Health check - have you had yours? Almost 90,000 people in Birmingham have attended a potentially life-saving health 'MOT' in the last three years as the city continues to lead the way on NHS Health Checks. The take-up of the free checks to identify the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease, is higher in Birmingham than in most other parts of the country. Figures for 2013 onwards show that Birmingham has out-performed the regional and national average for the