Abstract: . . .  hypertension Executive summary 9 Page 11 10 Easing the pressure:tackling hypertension Executive summary resources including proformas and online resources to help review current activities or services and develop the action plan. Easing the Pressure: Tackling Hypertension is not designed to replace current clinical guidelines such as those provided by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (now the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence),the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network or the British Hypertension Society.Instead it is focused more on the preventive and service development aspects of tackling hypertension and should be used in conjunction with whichever clinical guidelines are most appropriate. Dr Alan Maryon-Davis Convenor,Cardiovascular Health Working Group Faculty of Public Health  . . .
. . .  strategy,including: choosing the appropriate combination of whole populationand at-riskapproaches influencing and working with local and national policies and programmes that address health improvement and the wider determinants of health targeting the most at-riskindividuals and communities in the local population ensuring that people have easy access to appropriate information on hypertension and on healthy lifestyles to prevent it,and increasing the proportion of patients who have regular blood pressure check-ups,and follow the advice and treatment given. Easing the Pressure is designed to equip local action teams with the necessary information and tools to meet and address these challenges.The toolkit is in four sections: A: Hypertension : the public health burden defines hypertension .It outlines the risk factors for hypertension ,who is most at risk and why.It also describes the burden hypertension places on individuals,on society and the NHS its prevalence,its health effects and financial costs. B: Reducing the burden: tackling hypertension looks at the strategic framework for tackling hypertension through prevention,detection and control.It looks at particular approaches to this,including a whole populationapproach and an at-riskindividual or group approach,as well as considering the supporting evidence and broad principles involved. C: Developing a local hypertension . . .
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