Services Database Smokefree Therapy Service in Community Pharmacy (NRT) (St Helens Area)

• Clients who wish to give up smoking will be provided with support. Clients will be offered a suitable licensed NRT to aid their smoking cessation and also offered one to one support from St Helens Smokefree Service. Smokefree Practitioners only use electronic vouchers and will request nicotine therapy using the PharmOutcomes system which will provide a unique code for each client to present at Pharmacy.
• The client attends the pharmacy and presents an NRT code for the nicotine therapy. The pharmacy team will provide the product with supporting information.
• The pharmacy team must use NRT codes in accordance with timescales described in this service specification. Initial and subsequent NRT codes must be used within four weeks of the date of issue. Overall responsibility for ensuring the suitability of the selected therapy product supplied to the client lies with the pharmacist. The St Helens Smokefree Service and the Provider will be responsible for ensuring the completion and accuracy of recorded client data and service documentation.

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