JOY HEALTH CHECKS
The NHS Health Check, done properly for GPs and for public health
The NHS Health Check is one of the biggest prevention moments in primary care. Joy Health Checks records it the way clinicians want, gives public health teams the population data they need, and turns every result into a personalised, structured referral into local support.
The programme has a built-in conflict
The NHS Health Check programme is commissioned by local authorities and funded through public health, who are required to offer it. The result has to land on the GP record in EMIS or SystmOne, and today that forces a trade-off. Save it as a PDF into the record and clinicians dislike how it reads. Use a built-in EMIS or SystmOne template and it reads well, but the public health team loses the aggregate picture of their population, so they cannot see what the programme is actually finding. Teams end up choosing between keeping GPs happy and giving public health the data they are accountable for.
PDF into the record
Gives public health their data, but clinicians dislike how it reads in the patient record.
EMIS or SystmOne template
Reads well for GPs, but the public health team loses the aggregate picture of their population.
Joy Health Checks
Both, without compromise.
Joy Health Checks does both
It completes as if it were written straight into the medical record, presented the way clinicians expect. And the public health team gets accurate, aggregate insight into what the check is capturing across the whole population, with nothing lost in a PDF or a free-text note.
Aggregate population data only. No patient-level data is shared with public health teams.
The moment that usually gets missed
A health check is an extraordinary moment of prevention. Someone who rarely engages with the health system is in front of you, and you are picking up the risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and more. Too often it ends in a verbal signpost or a bit of advice, and the person is never enrolled in anything structured. The opportunity is lost.
Joy turns the results entered during the check into a personalised set of community referral options and pathways, specific to that person. Every referral is structured, recorded and documented, with a behavioural pathway that actually encourages people to engage, whether that is smoking cessation, weight management or diabetes support, drawn from the local ecosystem of services in the Joy Marketplace.
Every result becomes a personalised pathway
The results entered during the check feed directly into the Joy Marketplace, matching the person to relevant local services: smoking cessation, weight management, diabetes support, and more. Every referral is structured and documented, not just a handwritten note or a leaflet.
Matched to the individual
Referral options are drawn from the live Joy Marketplace and matched to the specific risk factors identified in the check, not a generic list.
Structured and documented
Every referral is recorded and lands on the patient record alongside the check itself. No separate admin step. No lost referrals.
Pathways that encourage follow-through
Behavioural pathways help people actually engage with the service, rather than receiving advice and leaving without taking the next step.
Built for public health teams
For commissioners and public health leads, Joy Health Checks gives you the visibility you have always needed from the programme.
More data on what your health checks are finding
Aggregate population insight across every check, so you can see what the programme is actually discovering.
GP practices that stay happy
The check reads the way clinicians expect in the medical record. No PDFs that disrupt the clinical workflow.
More successful referrals into the programmes you fund
Every check result connects to the local services your budget supports, with structured referrals that encourage people to follow through.
The health check and JoyNotes, together
Pair Joy Health Checks with JoyNotes, Joy's ambient voice transcription, and the combination makes every contact count: the check surfaces the risk factors, JoyNotes picks up the wider determinants of health raised during the conversation, and the Joy Marketplace connects the person to exactly the right local support. Or explore Joy Chat, Joy's WhatsApp-based link worker, for follow-up support between appointments.
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