It’s the biggest cause of disability and premature death in the UK yet, in some cases, early diagnosis of high blood pressure could help reduce the numbers affected. 

Home blood pressure monitoring, or BP@Home, has been launched in the North West Coast and across England. The process enables patients to remotely record their blood pressure without visiting their doctor.

In this edition of the podcast Caroline Kenyon talks to Jane Briers, a former specialist cardiac nurse, who is leading the blood pressure at home programme for the Innovation Agency. They're joined by Dr Jonathan Griffiths, a GP in Cheshire and clinical lead for Cheshire and Merseyside for the BP@Home project, who explains how the programme is already paying off.