Professor Linda Bauld Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and Deputy Director, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.
Abstract
Between 2000 and 2004, shortly after stop smoking services were established, a national evaluation took place that examined the delivery of the services and the outcomes achieved. This included a study of longer term outcomes for clients accessing services in several parts of England. It found that one client in seven (14.6%) self-reported as still abstinent and was CO validated at one year. Outcomes varied by client, area, and service characteristics. Since then research on stop smoking services has continued to be published but most of this has involved secondary analysis of routine data.
The ELONS (Evaluating Longer Term Outcomes for NHS stop smoking services) study has involved over 3,000 clients accessing services in nine areas of England and is due to be completed in the autumn of 2014. This presentation will be the first opportunity to present the longer term outcome data that ELONS has collected, building on an analysis of quit rates at four weeks for clients in the study. At four weeks, 44% of clients in the study were CO validated as abstinent with outcomes ranging from 34% for clients attending a drop in appointment to 53% for those who attended open groups. One year outcomes will be presented and differences by client group and intervention types outlined. This will provide an opportunity to reflect on a decade of service development and what has (and has not) changed since 2004.
Source of funding: NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
