Smoking cessation service wins award
A pharmacy-based smoking cessation service in Glasgow has received the Unichem community pharmacy/primary care award.
Pharmacists Liz Grant, Scott Bryson, June Waugh, Colin Fergusson and
David Thomas were presented with the award at the joint Guild of Healthcare
Pharmacists/United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association conference in
Glasgow last month.
The service involved pharmacists at 162 pharmacies prescribing and dispensing
nicotine replacement therapy, having initially counselled potential participants
and assessed their suitability for inclusion in the scheme. Just over
35 per cent of 12,000 clients who registered with the scheme, many of
whom came from areas of high social deprivation, were “smoke free” (assessed
using carbon monoxide monitoring of breath) after four weeks.
Almost 14 per cent of those still registered after a year remained “smoke
free”.
There are now plans to expand the scheme further.
The May issue of Hospital Pharmacist, out this week, includes a report
of the conference. |
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