Liz Hughes Delivery Manager, NCSCT Community Interest Company
Abstract
The NHS Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NSCTC) Community Interest Company (CIC) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to deliver on specific scoped projects, including secondary care. Scoping for the secondary care project commenced in January 2011. The first stage was to complete an initial evaluation of the Department of Heath ‘Stop Smoking Interventions in Secondary Care’ pilot, which yielded interesting findings and key recommendations for future work.
A short survey was sent out to hospital leads for smoking cessation in February 2011 aiming to gather baseline information of smoking related activity within hospitals. A longer survey was sent out in March 2011 for anyone whose work involves supporting smokers in secondary care. This was designed to gain a more in depth picture of activity and support available in hospitals and to guide the development of the project. Both surveys have given a very good analysis of ‘where we are now’ in terms of supporting smokers in secondary care.
This presentation will provide an evaluation overview of the Department of Health pilot, as well as a summary of findings and analysis for both surveys carried out. How these findings have shaped this project will be presented as well as an overview of the project plan.
