Decision details
Decision to extend the Herefordshire Stop Smoking Services Pharmacotherapy – a county-wide provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Decision Maker: Director of public health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
A review of the service model was planned in
conjunction with the NHS long-term plan and local healthcare
services provided by WVT, following the announcement of the
government strategy for a Smoke Free Generation: Stopping the Start
and resulting initiatives and funding, extending the current
pharmacotherapy will allow time to consider the impact of some of
the initiatives and also future service design.
Behavioural support is provided by healthy lifestyle trainers
(in-house); this element of the contract is for the supply of
nicotine replacement therapy. Generally, this is only available
from pharmacies and this is the most convenient method of obtaining
NRT for service users – increasing engagement and success
rates.
An extension of 1 year to the current AQP framework would allow for
the
uninterrupted continued provision of NRT and also the increase in
suppliers to the framework which is important as some areas of the
county do not currently have a pharmacy signed up to the AQP
framework agreement.
Contact: Matt Pearce, Director of Public Health Email: Matt.Pearce@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 383783.
Publication date: 08/02/2024
Date of decision: 18/12/2023