Dr Lucas De Toca, COVID-19 Primary Care Response First Assistant Secretary, answers the Top Three questions across our channels.
Hello, I'm Dr Lucas De Toca.And I work in Public Health, for the Department of Health. Today, I'm on Ngunnawal (INDIGENOUS TERM), on Ngunnawal country.
And we're gonna talk about preventative health measures. We're going to talk about our heart health checks, we're going to talk about how to prevent...Silent chronic conditions, and some lifestyle, pretty obvious, lifestyle changes that people can do to reduce the risk of chronic disease.
First of all, what is heart health check? And how can I get one? So heart health checks are just a type of check that you can get from your general practitioner, your GP, and assess your risk of heart attack or stroke.