Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Form printable pdf download

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Form

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

If you suffer with high blood pressure / hypertension or have a condition

than recommends regular blood pressure monitoring, we are aware that

attending the surgery to have your blood pressure checked can be time

consuming. Recent evidence has also shown that measuring blood

pressure at home is safe, effective and gives more consistent readings

than in a clinical environment. Over the last few years home blood

pressure monitors have also become cheaper and more reliable. The

British Hypertension Society has a list of machines with prices and which

they have validated themselves. We would recommend that you choose

one of the following machines that use upper arm readings. The website

link is

If you have your own machine we would ideally like you to monitor your

blood pressure every 6 months and inform the surgery of your results.

This can be done in person, by post or on the website. Attached is a

simple sheet you can fill in to help record your readings.

To check your blood pressure at home you need to take 2

readings each morning and evening for 5-7 days. Sit down at

a table, in a quiet environment with your arm rested in front of

you and take 2 readings the second 1-2 minutes after the first.

To work out your blood pressure we ignore the first day’s

readings and take an average of the rest.

Your Blood Pressure should be less than 140/80. If either of your

readings are higher we would ask you to make an appointment to see

our hypertension nurse or a doctor.

We have also installed blood pressure monitors in the waiting room at

each surgery that can be used to check your blood pressure.

Brockwood Medical Practice

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Form