Funding allocations for workplace cardiovascular disease checks pilot grant scheme: 2024 to 2025
Published 12 February 2026
Applies to England
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Local councils (upper tier) are responsible for commissioning the NHS Health Checks programme as part of their public health responsibilities.
The NHS Health Check is England’s cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme. It aims to prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease, and some cases of dementia among adults aged 40 to 74 years. Each year the programme engages over one million people and prevents around 400 heart attacks or strokes.
The heart health checks in the workplace pilot grant scheme was launched in March 2024, with local councils in England invited to bid for a total of £6.67 million of funding. The programme provided local authorities with the opportunity to trial the delivery of healthy heart checks (including NHS Health Checks) in local workplaces during 2024 and 2025.
By bringing heart health checks to where people work, we aimed to test:
- the feasibility of delivering checks in workplaces
- whether this mode of delivery removes barriers to access and identifies people at risk of CVD in groups that traditionally do not engage with NHS services, including younger people and men
The checks can be completed quickly and easily for employees at work. The checks:
- assess the main risk factors for CVD
- provide advice on how a person can reduce their risk and a referral for follow up treatment if required
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) awarded 45 grants to 48 local councils to partner with local employers to deliver the programme by the end of May 2025.
Employers from a range of professions took part in the programme, including those from the building, hospitality and transport sectors and social care. The findings from the evaluation were shared during a webinar in December 2025 with the final report due to be shared with local councils in early 2026. They will inform NHS Health Check and the wider CVD policy.
The programme is part of the Health Secretary’s commitment to supporting the government’s mission to boost economic growth by improving the health of the nation.
The government is committed to reducing premature mortality from heart disease and stroke by 25% in the next 10 years. To accelerate progress towards this ambition, we will publish a cardiovascular disease Modern Service Framework (MSF) later this year. The framework will support consistent, high quality and equitable care whist fostering innovation across the CVD pathway.
Funding allocations by local council
The table shows indicative local council funding allocations for 2024 to 2025.
| Local council | Workplace CVD check pilot allocation: 2024 to 2025 |
|---|---|
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £65,314.00 |
| Birmingham City Council | 104,440.00 |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | £48,000.00 |
| Blackpool Council | 156,078.00 |
| Bradford City Council | £70,200.00 |
| Bristol City Council | £200,000.00 |
| Calderdale Borough Council | £96,000.00 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council, joint bid with Peterborough City Council | £219,084.15 |
| Cumberland Council, joint bid with Westmorland and Furness Council | £317,096.40 |
| Derbyshire County Council | £36,000.00 |
| Durham County Council | £119,859.00 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £44,194.62 |
| East Sussex County Council | £56,060.00 |
| Haringey Council | £117,170.80 |
| Herefordshire Council | £200,000.00 |
| Kent County Council | £136,928.33 |
| Lambeth London Borough Council | £199,457.00 |
| Lancashire County Council | £137,677.00 |
| Medway Council | £28,420.00 |
| Newham London Borough Council | £198,019.00 |
| North Northamptonshire Council | £89,958.83 |
| North Somerset Council | £110,851.00 |
| North Yorkshire Council | £53,074.35 |
| Northumberland County Council | £26,321.56 |
| Oldham Borough Council | £86,300.00 |
| Reading Borough Council | £35,200.00 |
| Rotherham Borough Council | £199,673.00 |
| Salford City Council | £107,080.00 |
| Sefton Borough Council | £49,454.00 |
| Shropshire Council | £68,100.00 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | £160,000.00 |
| Somerset Council | £119,075.00 |
| Southwark London Borough Council | £126,000.00 |
| Stockport Borough Council | £75,000.00 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | £44,800.00 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £26,177.00 |
| Suffolk County Council | £73,440.00 |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | £72,000.00 |
| Telford & Wrekin Borough Council | £113,272.00 |
| Tower Hamlets Council | £137,296.04 |
| Trafford Council, joint bid with Manchester City Council | £62,431.00 |
| Walsall Borough Council | £29,600.00 |
| Waltham Forest London Borough Council | £152,879.00 |
| West Northamptonshire Council | £53,197.04 |
| Wigan Borough Council | £126,371.48 |