Implementing a cross site multiagency specialist smoking cessation clinic for staff: The innovation, challenges and successes
| Author(s)
Jana Lloyd, Alanna Molloy and Terri Forward
| | Presenter(s) |
Jana Lloyd Stop Smoking Specialist, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, London |
Alanna Molloy Stop Smoking Coordinator, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London | Abstract Kings Health Partners (KHP) employs approximately 25,000 staff across four large organisations (Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College Hospital, South London and Maudsley Hospital and Kings College London), the vast majority of staff live in and around the community they serve within south east London. Funding was received to develop and deliver a KHP staff stop smoking service that was accessible to all KHP employees in line with local public health priorities.
This was a huge challenge, the four organisations span across four boroughs with different commissioning structures and communication channels. All smoking staff were able to access a choice of four clinics with targeted services and communication strategies for identified priority groups including routine and manual workers. From April 2012 to November 2013 a total of 170 staff attended the KHP stop smoking service,136 set a quit date and 85 went on to quit with a 62.5% success rate.
The aim of this presentation is to highlight the innovative way in which this cross site multi organisation smoking cessation service was implemented and how we used coordinated communication strategies to raise awareness of local stop smoking services and in house clinics.
| Presenter biography Jana Jesuthasan (BSc Psychology, MSc Health Psychology) worked for the Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions at Coventry University (2009-11) where she designed, implemented and evaluated self-management interventions for people living with long-term conditions such as dementia, cancer, depression, diabetes and chronic pain. She is currently a Health and Wellbeing Stop Smoking specialist working across Kings Health Partners to implement a new and innovative smoking cessation initiative for staff members working across Kings College London, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, Kings College Hospital and South London and Maudsley Hospital.
Alanna Molloy has worked in smoking cessation for eight years as a specialist advisor and manager of an NHS stop smoking service. She currently runs the Guy's and St Thomas' acute stop smoking service which helps patients, visitors and staff to give up smoking. She is a fully qualified practitioner and trainer in smoking cessation. She is proficient in the use of all NICE approved smoking cessation medications and has many years experience in behavioural support therapy. She has worked with clients from all backgrounds and has specialised in supporting pregnant women with nicotine addiction.
| Source of funding: Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
| Declaration of interest: None
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