Annual hypertension screening vital to hit 70% BP control target, say leading specialists
Professor Markus Schlaich says roughly 50% of people with high blood pressure are undiagnosed and untreated.
All adults visiting general practice should have their blood pressure measured at least once a year regardless of cardiovascular risk factors, according to the National Hypertension Taskforce.
The recommendation is a key plank of its road map, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, to boost current population blood pressure control rates from 32% to at least 70% by 2030.
