NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service (SCS)

May 2023 In response to the revised service specification for the SCS, we have made some small changes to the Standard Treatment Programme for NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service. These are largely, but not exclusively, related to changing ‘pharmacy and pharmacy technicians’ to "stop smoking practitioners". Edits also reflect new criteria to allow inclusion of persons with mental health conditions, including serious mental illness (SMI), and minor additions on screening for medications.

The Standard Treatment Programme (STP) for the NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) provides a step-by-step guide to delivering effective support to patients referred from NHS Trusts to Community Pharmacy as part of a transfer of care for the NHS Smoking Cessation Service.

The STP Checklists are a clinical tool designed to be used only when you are familiar with the content of the STP and confident in delivering the behaviour change techniques it contains.

We have also provided a Feedback form so that community pharmacists in the field can make suggestions for improvements to the STP.

To view these documents, click on the links below.