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Poster presentation:
Primary care smoking cessation provision - training and support
Kerry Lynch and Alison Nichol
Abstract
Northumberland Stop Smoking Service covers a large and mixed urban and rural geographical area. It has developed a wide network of provision in partnership with primary care throughout the county to complement the Level 3 provision offered by the specialist team. An integral element of this work is the training programme and support offered to staff operating as "Intermediate" or "Level 2" advisors. All training provided by the Stop Smoking Specialists is standardised across the service. Advisors attend a one-day initial intermediate training session, followed 6 weeks later by a workshop on smoking cessation medications, Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Zyban. In addition, annual support sessions are organised where advisors can update their knowledge and skills and share good practice. The service maintains an up-to-date advisor database, through which attendance at training, levels of activity and results are monitored. An Advisor Award Scheme has recently been introduced to reward good practice, results and innovation.
This presentation will outline the primary care smoking cessation provision in Northumberland and describe the components of the support and training programme. The authors hope to gain some insight into other service training programmes through questions and discussion and will encourage participants to consider how a coordinated and structured support package can have a positive impact on the quality of a service.
Biographies
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 set up of the Northumberland Stop Smoking Service and has managed it since its inception in 1999. The Northumberland service serves a population of over 300,000 in a mixed urban and rural county. Prior to this position, she worked as a Health Promotion Specialist for 6 years focussing on smoking and young people work, after qualifying as a teacher.
Alison Nichol is a Stop Smoking Specialist employed by Northumberland Care Trust. She has worked for the Northumberland Stop Smoking Service since 2001, before which she was employed as a lecturer in Health and Social Care at Northumberland College. Alison qualified as a nurse in 1988 and has experience in both the hospital clinical environment and in health promotion.
Author 1: Kerry Lynch
Tobacco Control Coordinator
Northumberland Care Trust
Epsom Drive
Ashington
NE63 8BD
Author 2: Alison Nichol
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