Blood pressure in Kensington and Chelsea.

Kensington and Chelsea local authority · 2 cards

Diagnosed high blood pressure on GP registers in Kensington and Chelsea — plus the thousands living with it unknown.

Plain-English context

High blood pressure (hypertension) rarely has symptoms but drives heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease. About 22,009 Kensington and Chelsea GP patients have it diagnosed, and modelling suggests roughly 10,056 more adults have it without knowing. Register figures are not age-adjusted — and a lower register number can mean under-diagnosis, not better health. A free pharmacy or GP check takes minutes.

Sources: NHS England QOF registers and OHID/HSE modelling via Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.