Patient Notice – Blood Pressure Monitoring – At home from the Pharmacy

Posted on July 25th, 2025

York Street Practice, working with the Pharmacy next door, aims to improve blood pressure check uptake which is a major health focus. York Street currently conduct around 3,000 checks annually but need to do more.

Blood pressure (BP) readings vary, and repeated monitoring helps produce more reliable results as BP tends to drop outside of the clinic setting.

The age range to be targeted is 45 or over and those who have not had a blood pressure check in the last 5 years, should do.

Our patients receive an invitation to come in for this. Many take this offer up. Many do not.

On occasions when you are in a consultation, the clinician may take your blood pressure. If not please feel at ease to use the one on the left at the Reception Desk, which is sheltered, and hand you’re reading to the Receptionist.

If this is inconvenient, please bear in mind the York Street Pharmacy next door will undertake this for you. The Partners are content with this as we know they will inform you accordingly:

• Pharmacists perform initial blood pressure checks for eligible patients. If a high reading is found, patients are offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in the pharmacy. This provides a more accurate picture of their blood pressure over 24 hours.
  • Referral: If the ABPM confirms sustained high blood pressure, the pharmacist will securely send a referral directly to York Street Practice Doctor.
  • The Pharmacy handle the initial screening, the ABPM setup and analysis, and the data collation. Doctors only receive referrals for patients who genuinely require clinical assessment.
  • Improved Patient Outcomes: By identifying hypertension earlier, The Pharmacy can help patient’s access timely diagnosis and management from Doctors here, potentially preventing health problems down the line.
  • The Pharmacy also cater for all over 40yrs with prior BP meds or for over 35yr with a family history of this

So please feel at ease to get your blood pressure checked here or at the Pharmacy next door.

Andy Cutting

Practice Manager

York Street Medical Practice