Competency framework for stop smoking practitioners

The competency framework identifies the core and advanced competences required for the delivery of stop smoking support.

The competency framework updates the NCSCT Training Standard and addresses new skills for delivering tailored, person-centred support with a focus on priority groups and people with additional needs.

This competency framework is adapted from the framework developed as part of a collaboration between fifteen local authorities within Humber and North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire NHS Integrated Care Boards (Breathe), and the NCSCT.

Last updated August 2025.

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