Asda will stock a new home heart test that can provide the NHS with test results for cardiovascular disease (CVD) within minutes.

The test, which was developed by digital health diagnostics company PocDoc, provides patients with a full cholesterol profile, body mass index score, heart age, and 10-year risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Asda is the first UK supermarket to stock the test in stores, with the kits now available from £9.95 in 242 of its pharmacies.

Earlier this year, the test became the first of its kind to be integrated with the NHS Health Check app, allowing patients to carry out tests at home and share results with the NHS in around nine minutes.

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The NHS says that each digital health check could save 20 minutes of doctors’ time, which would free up thousands of GP appointments.

Asda head of pharmacy Faisal Tuddy said: “The launch of PocDoc in our pharmacies is part of our wider commitment to support local communities to improve their long-term health.

“Research shows that cardiovascular disease is the single largest killer globally, so we felt it was important to play our part in making these tests more accessible to patients.

“We hope that by launching these tests in our pharmacies we can encourage more patients to take the necessary steps to improve their long-term health and prevent, or delay, disease.”

It comes as earlier this year, Asda became the first UK supermarket to launch an online prescription service as it partnered with online pharmacy Pharmacy2U.

The grocer said Asda Online Pharmacy is now a platform where patients can both manage their prescriptions line and have them delivered to a home address.