Implementing a tobacco dependency inpatient programme in Staffordshire’s Hospitals (England)

Introduction:
The NHS is under pressure regarding hospital admissions and treatment of smoking related illnesses. The NHS Long Term Plan includes mandating identification and an opt-out community referral process upon discharge for smoking cessation.

Objective:
Staffordshire Hospitals commissioned Everyone Health as the local community provider to implement an inpatient identification and support service in 2022, which is now fully embedded.

Material and Methods:
Staffordshire Hospitals commissioned Everyone Health as the local community provider to implement an inpatient identification and support service in 2022, which is now fully embedded.

Results:
Smokers are identified by medical staff and referred to Everyone Health Stop Smoking Practitioners to visit whilst they are an inpatient. Whilst an inpatient, they are given the opportunity to have NRT to support them while they are unwell and unable to smoke. They are discharged with a two week supply of NRT and a referral is made to community services upon discharge, where their care is continued.

Conclusions:
An increase has been seen in referrals and we hope to see the impact on hospital admissions due to smoking related illnesses in the future.

Submit your paper

Instructions to Authors

Home

Send by email

National tobacco dependence treatment training curricula for acute inpatient hospitals

Evaluation of new tobacco dependence training for health care professionals in acute inpatient hospitals

India's progressive step: Regulating tobacco on Over-the-Top streaming platforms

Session on tobacco and e-cigarette use and urological cancers: major conclusions on the risk, beliefs and behaviors, preventive recommendations

The use of traditional tobacco, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products among schoolchildren: findings from the recent Global Youth Tobacco Surveys in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Italy, Poland and San Marino

Indexes

Keywords index

Topics index

Authors index

eISSN:

2459-3087

On behalf of the European Network of Smoking and Tobacco Prevention. Chausse d'lxelles 144, Brussels, Belgium.
Published by European Publishing. Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C). Vassilika Vouton, GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece

This journal is currently funded by the Health Programme of the European Union
Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the European Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the information contained herein. The views in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policies of the European Commission.

© 2024 European Publishing, unless otherwise stated.
The views and opinions expressed in the published articles are strictly those of the author(s). 21 December 2021.