Objectives: To determine the extent to which UK National Health Service (NHS) smoking cessation services in England reach smokers and support them to quit at four weeks, and to identify which service and area characteristics contribute to observed outcomes. Design: Ordinary least squares regression ...
In 1998, the UK government published a White Paper outlining a comprehensive range of measures to reduce smoking rates across the population. In the same year a detailed overview of the evidence base for smoking cessation activities within the NHS was published. Both these documents provide useful...
In the UK, NHS SSS have developed community outreach interventions with lay workers, but these are currently not evaluated. These include facilitators aiming to improve access to existing mainstream smoking cessation services and the development of parallel home-based specialist services. Building on ...
In 2013, guidance was issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that recommended the routine and systematic delivery of cessation support to all smokers using secondary care services, but the prevalence of smoking among those treated in NHS hospitals, and hence the num...
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Smoking during pregnancy is a major public health concern and an NHS priority. In 2010, 26% of UK women smoked immediately before or during their pregnancy and 12% smoked continuously. Smoking cessation support is provided through free at the point of use Stop Smoking Services for Pregnant women...
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This is unfortunate because UK-based midwives, practice nurses and health visitors may experience particular attitudes or beliefs about smoking cessation work as a result of working within the NHS organisational structure, or through working within particular communities. A recent UK-based survey of ...
Each year in the UK second-hand smoking leads to over 300 000 GP visits among children and 9 500 hospital visits, costing the NHS more than 23.6[pounds sterling] million. New government advertising campaign shows the 'hidden dangers' of second-hand smoke More results ► Idioms browser ? ▲...
p pBackground/p pWithin the framework of collaborative action research, the aim was to explore the feasibility of developing and embedding physical activity promotion as a smoking cessation aid within UK 6/7-week National Health Service (NHS) Stop Smoking Services./p pMethods/p pIn Phase 1 ...