This briefing considers how to classify an individual who has started a treatment programme in hospital and is referred to a community stop smoking service upon discharge, and whether their data can be submitted as part of the local stop smoking data returns to NHS Digital.
Clarification summary
When an individual has started a treatment programme in hospital and is referred to a community stop smoking service upon discharge (and within 14 days of last cigarette) this constitutes a transfer of their treatment, meaning they are not classed as 'spontaneous quitters'. They can be treated by the local service and their data can be submitted as part of the local stop smoking data returns to NHS Digital.
This briefing does not include the referral to community stop smoking services of people leaving prison. This issue is covered in a previous version of this document which is also available below and which aims to maximise the benefits of prompting a quit attempt in both hospitals and prisons and adds flexibility to the community stop smoking offer for individuals most in need of expert support to stop smoking for good.
We have calculated the minimum number of clients that practitioners should see each year to maintain their competence.
The number is 20 and this short document provides the rationale for this.
The aim of the document is to set out an English national standard for criteria for throughput and success rates that will enable meaningful comparisons between the services.
Making the case and addressing concerns.
In 2021 we published advice to support English stop smoking services to make vapes (e-cigarettes) available to their clients.
The NEW guidance, again written in partnership with Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), makes the case for providing nicotine vapes as a first-line option for clients alongside medicinally licensed stop smoking products.
This edition updates some of the evidence on safety and effectiveness of vapes. The main update, however, is information on Crown Commercial Services' recent inclusion of new vaping product catalogues within existing public sector procurement frameworks.
This document suggests how the competences in the Standard Treatment Programme can be matched against a Knowledge and Skills Framework.
This briefing takes a hard look at the evidence on whether integrated health behaviour (lifestyle) services are effective and cost-effective, and makes recommendations about how the commissioning of smoking cessation services should be approached in relation to other services tackling physical inactivity, poor diet and alcohol.
Last reviewed: November 2023
Next review due: November 2024
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These high quality vinyl window stickers are reverse printed for display by those organisations that understand the individual and public health benefits of allowing considerate vaping on their premises.
The unique design of these stickers clearly communicates that vaping is permitted.
For ordering details contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk
Product code VA-WINDOW
Discount for bulk orders.
These high quality vinyl wall stickers are for display by those organisations that recognise the important distinction between smoking and vaping and who understand the individual and public health benefits of allowing considerate vaping on their premises.
The unique design of these stickers clearly communicates that vaping is permitted.
For ordering details contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk
Product code VA-NS-WALL
Discount for bulk orders.
These high quality vinyl window stickers are for display by those organisations that recognise the important distinction between smoking and vaping and who understand the individual and public health benefits of allowing considerate vaping on their premises.
The unique design of these stickers clearly communicates that vaping is permitted.
For ordering details contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk
Product code VA-NS-WINDOW
Discount for bulk orders.
This briefing looks at the extent to which stop smoking services are reaching the most disadvantaged smokers.
It is known that smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of heath inequalities, and that such inequalities are widening on some important measures such as life expectancy. When stop smoking services were first set up in England they were piloted in areas of deprivation with the intention that these services would prioritise supporting less affluent smokers to quit. This briefing addresses the extent to which stop smoking services have been successful in reducing health inequalities.
Prevention v cessation briefing
With public health budgets being cut, some local authorities are favouring smoking prevention activities over stop smoking services. This briefing looks at the evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prevention and cessation interventions at a local level.
Some stop smoking service providers are commissioned to offer extended behavioural support beyond four weeks post-quit date, usually to 12 weeks. There is limited data on the additional benefit of extended behavioural support, but we know that certain smoking populations are likely to benefit most from this.
Unlike 4-week post-quit data, data collected up to and including 12 weeks post-quit is not submitted to NHS Digital and has not thus far been subject to agreed data definitions.
In order to make sense of 12-week post-quit data collected by service providers, and to evaluate the merits of extended support programmes, it is important to have a clear picture of how the 12-week post-quit data are being assessed in different services.
Written in partnership with clinicians, researchers and policy makers, this briefing provides guidance on how to record 12 week smoking status.