Commissioning resources

Resources for commissioners This section has been set up to provide commissioners of stop smoking services with resources and updates to support their role and help them to commission high quality services that are configured to deliver interventions that give smokers the best possible chance of quitting successfully. If you have any resources you would like us to post here, please contact enquiries@ncsct.co.uk Please click on the links below to access the resources.
Advice to services on making vaping products available to clients Making the case and addressing concerns. In 2021 we published advice to support English stop smoking services to make vapes (e-cigarettes) available to their clients. The NEW guidance, again ... [More]
Stop Smoking Services – Needs Analysis: A Toolkit for Commissioners This toolkit has been developed to help commissioners identify, assess and prioritise where effective action should be taken when commissioning stop smoking services. ... [More]
'Cut Down to Quit' with Nicotine Replacement Therapies in Smoking Cessation - a Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Economic Analysis (2008) The primary objective of this assessment report was to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the newly licensed indication of NRT for “cut down to quit” smoking. ... [More]
The effectiveness of NHS smoking cessation services: a systematic review To analyse evidence on the effectiveness of intensive NHS treatments for smoking cessation in helping smokers to quit. ... [More]
Competences required for delivering a Standard Treatment Programme This document suggests how the competences in the Standard Treatment Programme can be matched against a Knowledge and Skills Framework. ... [More]
Smoking Still Kills This report produced by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) calls on goverment to develop a 5 year tobacco plan that includes a levy on the tobacco industry ... [More]


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