Prescribe blood pressure monitors to reduce stroke, UK charity says

Giving home monitors to those with high blood pressure would reduce heart attacks and other conditions

Blood pressure monitors should be handed out on prescription to slash the number of people who die or are left with disabilities from strokes and heart attacks, a medical charity has said.

Making the home monitors available to anyone diagnosed with high blood pressure would allow people to control the condition more effectively and reduce the demand on GPs' surgeries, Blood Pressure UK said.