People who are registered with a GP in Newham, are aged between 55 and 74, and who have ever smoked, will be invited for a free lung check, as part of the national NHS Targeted Lung Health Check Programme.
This finds out how well their lungs are working and aims to rule out any serious conditions. Often, early problems with the lungs do not cause any symptoms, so it is important to attend even if you are fit and healthy.
A letter will be sent to the patient when it is their turn, inviting them to an initial telephone appointment with the lung health check team. It’s really important they have this.
Lung checks are by invitation only. Our Targeted Lung Health Check team will send out invites via letter. There are three parts to a lung check:
- A telephone appointment: a chat to decide if a lung check is right for the patient
- A face-to-face appointment: to talk in more detail about the patient’s health and decide if a scan is right for you
- A quick, low dose CT lung scan: if a scan is right for the patient, they will have this at the same time and location as the face-to-face appointment’
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