Blood pressure in Southend-on-Sea.

Southend-on-Sea local authority · 2 cards

Diagnosed high blood pressure on GP registers in Southend-on-Sea — 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 30,899 Southend-on-Sea GP patients have it diagnosed, and modelling suggests roughly 12,925 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.