Smoking Cessation Service

Hospital Trusts across Greater Manchester are aiming to start referring patients to the national Smoking Cessation Service from the end of this year onwards. 

Please refer to the table below for further information on the proposed go-live dates for the different sites:

Webinars

GM Healthcare Academy hosted a series of webinars with the LPCS to outline the local pathways for the service:

• 27th September 2022 - Supported by Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

• 28th November 2022 - Supported by Northern Care Alliance and Manchester Foundation Trust

• 16TH JANUARY 2023 - Supported by the Christie

• 30th January 2023 - Supported by Salford Royal

• NEW! 27TH MARCH 2023 - SUPPORTED BY TAMESIDE ICFT

The webinars are supported by the CSU and a Lead CURE Nurse from a GM Hospital and will include:

• The background and aims of the service

• Patient journey

• Insight from the hospital smoking team

• Run-through of how to operate the service in your pharmacy

• Top tips to a successful go-live

• Download the slides here: SCS Webinar Slides (Jan 23)

Service Information

You may want to consider signing up for the service if you haven’t already done so.

By signing up, you declare that you are ready to offer the service. 

Before signing up, you need to:

1. Complete training

• Read and understood the operational processes to provide the SCS as described in the service specification

• Successfully complete the following National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) courses and satisfactorily passed the assessments (where applicable):

  • Stop Smoking Practitioner training and certification;

  • Mental health and smoking cessation course;

  • Pregnancy and smoking cessation course; and

  • E-cigarettes: a guide for healthcare professionals course

• Have read the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme (STP), which will be used to support consultations

2. Have a suitable CO monitor

• The CO monitor must be appropriate for use on adult and/or pregnant patients. There are two choices of CO monitors for both pregnant and non-pregnant smokers. Information is available on the PSNC https://psnc.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/smoking-cessation-service/

3. Have an SOP in place

• PSNC have produced a Smoking Cessation Service implementation checklist that may be useful to work through to ensure that you are ready to offer this service.

4. Confirm your readiness to deliver the service

• Complete the MS form https://forms.office.com/r/BaJC1CUUvE to confirm your readiness to deliver the service.

If you have already signed up, please ensure that you have done the above.