Does training practice nurses to carry out physical health checks for people with severe mental illness increase the level of screening for cardiovascular risk?

400 patients on the severe mental illness (SMI) registers in five primary care centres in Northampton, England.

Training practice nurses about cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and physical health checks.

Pre-training period (before-and-after audit design).

Proportion of patients with SMI who received all seven recommended elements of the health check (blood pressure, body mass index or waist circumference, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, diet advice, exercise recommendations, and smoking cessation guidance).