There are a number of places you can purchase a blood pressure monitor including the British Heart Foundation online shop. To make sure your monitor is accurate, choose one that has been listed as validated for accuracy by the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS).
If you are buying a blood pressure monitor, make sure it is approved for use in the UK. There are a variety of low-cost blood pressure monitors available that patients can buy to use at home. Home blood pressure monitoring enables patients with hypertension to measure and share their blood pressure readings with their GP from their home. Blood pressure tests can be carried out at a number of places, including at home – using a patient’s own digital blood pressure monitor, a local pharmacy and GP practice, at an NHS Health Check appointment (offered to adults in England aged 40-74), or even in some opticians and supermarkets. In England, there are over eight million people diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure).Ī blood pressure test is a simple way of checking if someone’s blood pressure is too high or too low. Home blood pressure monitoring What is home blood pressure monitoring? Living well, ageing well and tackling premature mortality.
