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Poster presentation:
Successful and accesible - Stop smoking services provided by comunity pharmacies
Judy Loggie
Abstract
There is an increasing recognition of the potential for community pharmacies to add smoking cessation to their range of services. It is now a requirement of the new pharmacy contract essential services to provide information about the benefits of stopping smoking. Some Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are including smoking cessation as a local enhanced service within the contract.
This presentation will describe how Stop Smoking Services and PCT pharmaceutical advisers, working with comunity pharmacists, have established successful and easily accessible stop smoking services in community pharmacies in the north east of England. We will cover the practical issues involved, the benefits to pharmacies and their role in contributing to the achievement of PCT stop smoking targets. We will share examples and experiences of:
Systems which allow direct supply of nicotine replacement therapy to clients who are exempt and non-exempt from prescription charges
Local enhanced service specifications
Publicising services and identifying referral pathways
Organising stop smoking services in a busy pharmacy
Success stories from stop smoking advisers in pharmacies
Complementing stop smoking services provided by GP practices
Biographies
Judy Loggie is manager of the Newcastle and North Tyneside Stop Smoking Service, serving a largely urban and inner city population where smoking prevalence is among the highest in England. Befor this, she worked in various roles as a health promotion specialist, leading on healthy schools and young people's programmes. Judy started her working life as a teacher of French and drama.
Kerry Lynch is the Northumberland Tobacco Control lead, and Stop Smoking Service Manager. She is employed by Northumberland Care Trust as part of the public health team.Kerry was responsible for the setting up of the Northumberland Stop Smoking Service and has managed it since its inception in 1999. The Service serves a population of over 300,000 in a mixed urban and rural county. Prior to this, kerryworked as a health promotion specialist for 6 years focusing on smoking and young people's work, after qualifying as a teacher.
Joan Chapman is the Stop Smoking Service lead for Middlesbrough PCT's Time to Quit Stop Smoking Service. She has been in post since the advent of the service in 2004. prior to this, she was a respiratory physiotherapist. In this role, she provided treatment for chronic chest conditions,caused primarily by smoking, Joan is passionate about the need for prevention of smoking as well as treatment.
Ann Reynolds currently works as Community Pharmacy and Clinical Governance Co-ordinator for Newcastle and North Tyneside PCTs. Previously she was a community pharmacist for 12 years with Boots the Chemist and worked as Community Pharmacy Co-ordinator for Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority
Author 1: Judy Loggie
Stop Smoking Service Manager
Arthur's Hill Clinic
Douglas Terrace
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE4 6BT
Author 2: Kerry Lynch
Author 3: Joan Chapman
Author 4: Ann Reynolds
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