Services Database Stop Smoking Service

Service ID

36056

Description

Aims:

  1. To contribute to reducing morbidity and mortality for smokers, and to reduce the health inequalities associated with the high rates of smoking
  2. To improve access to Smoking Cessation Services by maintaining a one-to-one service within community pharmacies. This will ensure easy, seamless, and swift access to an advisor.
  3. For clients to have access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy via a voucher scheme
  4. To contribute to Sefton`s locally set Smoking Cessation targets.
  5. To develop and sustain a high - quality Smoking Cessation Service in accordance with national standards and guidance.

Pharmacies have a choice in the provision of service they want to provide in line with this SLA. This can be one option or a combination.

Option 1- Dispensing of NRT via a time-limited voucher

Option 2- The delivery of Level 2 Smoking Cessation intervention

All community pharmacies will be enrolled in option 1 but must express an interest to provide either or both options 1 and 2.

Location of service

Sefton 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

Not known.

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