Q: What is available to commissioners?
A: Commissioners are encouraged to register for the NCSCT Stage 1 Training and Assessment Programme. Once registered, they will be prompted to take the Training Needs Analysis, after which they will have access the Training Programme and the Stage 1 Assessment. Commissioners will qualify for Stage 1 NCSCT Certification, once their status as working for the NHS has been confirmed
Q: Have specific competencies been identified for commissioners?
A: We have not yet addressed competences for commissioners of smoking cessation services but we have produced a number of resources to assist commissioners with their roles. Click here to view these resources.
Included in this set of resources is a toolkit ‘Stop Smoking Services: Needs Analysis – a toolkit for commisssioners’ has been developed to help commissioners identify, assess and prioritise where effective action should be taken when commissioning stop smoking services. It will help in considering the initial phase of the commissioning cycle; assess need of potential service users, review current service provision, and identify gaps to help focus commissioning on the identified priorities.
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