Table 1 Summary of study characteristics (max n = 37 studies)

 Primary care

28

 Community

7

 Primary & community

2

 Patients

23

 HCPs

6

 Patients & HCPs

2

 HCPs & practice managers

2

 HCPs, practice managers & commissioners

3

 Commissioners

1

 HCPs invite patients for NHS Health Check

4 (171)

 Patients attend NHS Health Check

16 (56,909)

 HCPs deliver NHS Health Check

18 (10,604)

 HCPs refer patients to relevant service

3 (909)

 Patients attend referral

1 (483)

 Patients change behaviour following NHS Health Check

15 (5755)

 Patients attend repeat NHS Health Check

1 (27)

 HCPs record NHS Health Check data

2 (2907)

Commissioners synthesise and report programme data

0