Services Database Stop Smoking Services (Coventry)

The core elements of the service are:

• the provision of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy delivered via a time-limited intervention to support people who smoke to successfully and permanently stop smoking;
• assessment of progress after four weeks and assessment of success at 12 weeks; and
• delivery of interventions by a stop smoking advisor, who has received stop smoking service training for one-to-one and/or group support and NCSCT (National Centre Smoking Cessation Training).

Deliverers of the service can be pharmacists or other accredited members of pharmacy staff. Pharmacists or staff will need to attend two days of training provided by Coventry Stop Smoking (Healthy Lifestyles) service of Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust. Since 2010, the NCSCT piloted their training scheme which is made up of online modules and face to face skills training. All subcontractors will be required to undertake and pass Level 1 and Level 2 assessments in order to deliver stop smoking services. Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust Stop Smoking (Healthy Lifestyles) service will support and assist those deliverers within the pharmacy to complete and achieve this accredited training.