This document summarises best practice and provides key messages for tobacco dependence treatment in inpatient settings.
These key messages were developed by national experts to assist with standardising the way we describe and treat tobacco dependence in the inpatient setting across trusts, and among partner organisations. The primary audience for these key messages is NHS trust leadership, clinical staff, and the trust tobacco dependence team. The key messages may also be useful for trust communications teams.
This NHS Standard Treatment Plan (STP) for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence provides guidance to support delivery of the Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Care Bundles.
The STP is designed to ensure patients receive a consistent and evidence-based tobacco dependence support that provides them with the best possible chance of having a smokefree hospital admission and a goal of long-term abstinence.
The STP is structured around the three Tobacco Dependence Treatment Care Bundles:
This NHS Standard Treatment Plan (STP) for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Hospitals provides guidance to support delivery of the Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Care Bundles.
The STP is designed to ensure patients receive a consistent and evidence-based tobacco dependence support that provides them with the best possible chance of having a smokefree hospital admission to a mental health hospital and a goal of long-term abstinence.
The STP is structured around the three Tobacco Dependence Treatment Care Bundles:
Treating tobacco dependence is now a standard of care for patients admitted overnight to an NHS acute trust.
These two films commissioned by NHS England are designed to support and promote the NHS Acute Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Pathway. The films feature experts speaking about why it is important to treat tobacco dependence as a clinical priority and what support should be provided at the time of admission.
Treating Tobacco Dependence in Acute Hospitals (short)
Treating tobacco dependence is a now a standard of care in all NHS mental health hospitals.
These two films commissioned by NHS England are designed to support and promote the NHS Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Pathway in Mental Health Hospitals. The films feature patients and experts speaking about why it is important to treat tobacco dependence as a priority in all patients admitted to a mental health hospital.
Treating Tobacco Dependence or people in Mental Health Hospitals (short)
This document addresses five of the most common myths concerning use of nicotine replacement therapy. It also includes links to additional resources to support the use of tobacco dependence aids.