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Introduction High blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for reduced healthy life-expectancy and unhealthy ageing. While it is fundamentally treatable, it is currently not optimally managed. To meet national public health targets, patients must play an active role in their decisions about how best to manage their own BP through lifestyle change and drug treatment.1,2 This paper summarises ‘Share The Pressure’ (STP), a project that developed and piloted a scalable model for engaging patients on the benefits of risk factor control for healthy ageing; training healthcare professionals (HCPs) in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk communica

Introduction Most clinicians support the idea of person-centred care as a model of best practice, yet we know from published research and National Health Service (NHS) patient surveys that people still want to be more involved in decisions about their healthcare.1,2 In shared decision-making (SDM), healthcare professionals and individuals work together to select tests, treatments, management or support packages based on evidence and the individual’s informed preferences.3 This evidence should be the best available assessment of the likely benefits, risks, and outcomes of the options, with the individual’s values and preferences being cent