People are being encouraged to borrow the machines, along with their library books.
By Amanda Parr and Rachel CandlinPeople are being encouraged to take home blood pressure monitors with their books from their local library.
Identifying an extra 83,700 people in the south-west of England with high blood pressure could prevent 503 heart attacks and 749 strokes, saving the NHS approximately £14m, NHS England says.Dr Marsh said: "High blood pressure rarely has noticeable symptoms. But if left untreated, it increases problems such as heart attacks and strokes. Having an opportunity to find it out and prevent those really severe diseases is just vital.
"As a screening, it makes sense to focus on people over 40 because from that age onwards, the rate of people who have it starts to increase significantly," he added.Dr Solomon Lebese, a GP in Somerset, said: "It's scary to think it's preventable, and the illnesses, or the consequences of having high blood pressure, are also preventable.
Orla Dunn, consultant in public health at Somerset County Council, said: "Every single library has at least one machine.
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