PATIENTS are being urged to visit pharmacies and their GPs to have their blood pressure assessed as part of the Stroke Foundation's efforts to mark World Stroke Day yesterday.
The results of a national campaign run by the Stroke Foundation and SiSU Health Group that provided free health checks found 63% of people with high blood pressure (BP) had not been prescribed medication to lower it.
The research also found that Schofields in NSW was the nation's high BP hot spot, with 46% of patients assessed having high blood pressure, followed by Sunbury in Victoria (36%), and South Australia's Nailsworth (35%).
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