Services Database Stop Smoking Support (Rochdale Area)

The service will deliver Pathway 1 (Tier 1, 2 and 3 Appendix 3) of the GM Stop Smoking Tiers and work closely with the Living Well Service currently provided by The Big Life Group who deliver other more targeted pathways. Pharmacies will be commissioned on the basis that they are situated in high prevalence areas of the borough and that they have experience of delivering smoking cessation and have demonstrable effectiveness of delivering other health related services in the borough.
The service is expected to be provided in accordance with the Equalities Act 2010 enabling equity of access and services which meet the needs of the protected characteristics enshrined in the legislation.

• Tier 1: NRT Supply and Medicines Advice
• Tier 2: Behavioral support, follow up, monitoring and recording
• Tier 3: Varenicline Supply (to be reviewed when product is available)

The section below sets out the training requirements for each level of the service. Evidence of competencies (for all pharmacists, locums and staff delivering this service) which must be retained within each pharmacy. Evidence of competencies must be dated within the last 3 years and retained within a folder which will be requested at times of pharmacy inspections. Before commencement of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 service all staff will read the service specification and complete and provide evidence of completion of the following below (all training to be evidenced by sending a copy of the certificate onto Living Welllivingwellhmr@biglifecentres.com)

Tier 1 Training
It is recommended that all relevant pharmacy staff will be trained to offer brief advice or brief intervention through completion of NCSCT online brief advice/intervention module https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/vba-launch

Tier 2 Training
All relevant staff will obtain and evidence NCSCT Stop Smoking Practitioner Certification.

Tier 3 Training
Pharmacists will sign the PGD and complete a CPPE Declaration of Competence (and provide evidence of achievement of NCSCT Stop Smoking Practitioner
Certification when requested).

Additional training:
It is recommended that staff complete the NCSCT module on using e-cigarettes to aid a quit smoking attempt. This will help pharmacy staff with any enquiries about using e
cigarettes to quit, though this form of support is not yet a formal aspect of the pharmacy stop smoking offer https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/e_cigarettes-registration

The Greater Manchester eLearning programme, module 2, also covers the topic of ecigarettes. Pharmacy staff are advised to complete this module to support skills and increase awareness.

Health champions within Healthy Living Pharmacies are also expected to complete Module 1 of the Greater Manchester eLearning programme on very brief advice (VBA) training

Specialist NCSCT modules are also available to support mental health https://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_MH_specialty_module.php and pregnancy https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/pregnancy_specialty_module-registration too. Maternity teams are delivering an evidence-based Smokefree Pregnancy Programme across Greater Manchester which supports pregnant smokers to quit.