Annual health checks

During the health check, the GP or nurse will:  

• Do a physical check-up, including weight, heart rate, blood pressure and taking blood and urine samples 
• Talk to you about staying well and if you need any help with this 
• Talk to you about how you are feeling.  
• Ask about things that are more common if you have a learning disability, such as epilepsy, constipation or problems with swallowing 
• Talk to you about your medicines 
• If you have a health problem such as asthma or diabetes, the GP or nurse will check how it's going 
• Check to see if you have any other health appointments, such as physiotherapy or speech therapy 
• Ask if family and/or carers are getting the support they need 
• Help make sure that things go well when children move to adult services at the age of 18 
• Give you a health action plan. A health action plan tells you what to do to keep healthy. It is written by you and your GP. If your GP does not give you a health action plan, ask for one.  
• You can also talk about any medication that you may be taking. This is called STOMP (Stopping the over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both). NHS England: STOMP