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High Blood Pressure: policy context


Most policy in the NHS in Scotland refers to diseases and services. There is no specific policy on high blood pressure, as such but there is a strategy on coronary heart disease and stroke (see the CHD and stroke strategy for Scotland).

There is specific guidance on the clinical management of high blood pressure in Scotland in the form of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guideline 49 - Hypertension in Older People SIGN 49 PDF Button (1.18MB)

High Blood Pressure also features in the Quality and Outcome Framework for the new General Medical Services contract GMS QOF.

High Blood Pressure is also mentioned in the Scottish Executive document Delivering for Health