Services Database Community Pharmacy Domiciliary Smoking Cessation (Brighton & Hove Area)
Service ID
100474
Description
Brighton & Hove City Council is commissioning a high quality, evidence-based domiciliary smoking cessation (DSC) service. The objective of the service is to provide free smoking cessation support to housebound patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other long term conditions.
Service outline:
- Stage 1 Initial assessment*
- Stage 2 Quit Day*(set by the patient)
- Stage 3 Support following Quit Day
(usually by phone, but can be a visit as part of the DSC specification) - Stage 4 Four week Quit follow up appointment i.e. 4 weeks after Quit Day*
- Supply 4 weeks of NRT and inform the patient to phone the pharmacy to arrange an additional 4 week supply of NRT if required.
- Stage 5 Supply and deliver to the patient the remaining 4 weeks of NRT.
*A face to face consultation is required.
Location of service
Sussex LPC
Commissioner
Local Authority (LA)
Method of commissioning
Local Authority contract
Source of funding
Local Authority (LA)
Service type
Stop smoking
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
- All smoking cessation advisors (SCAs) delivering the service must successfully complete the Brighton and Hove NHS Centre for Stop Smoking Training level 2 and undertake continuing professional development by attending update stop smoking training
- Domiciliary SCAs are required to attend a 1 day Domiciliary Smoking Cessation specific training course.
Comments
This service is available in the Brighton & Hove area only.
