Health and Other Professionals Section
The work of health and other professionals is vital to the continuing success of Warwickshire Stop Smoking Service and this section of the website is devoted to information and what we offer to support smoking cessation work in the county.
How we support health and other professionals
Information Bulletin The Smoking Cessation Team produce a regular information bulletin around smoking cessation issues to keep health and other professionals up-to-date with the most recent developments in smoking cessation and tobacco control. Topics covered in past bulletins include new smoking cessation treatments, up-dates on service developments, the Health Act and the smoke free law and up-coming campaigns and events.
Bulletin 39Alan Curley Event February 2012 Access the Bulletin archive
Training
The Smoking Cessation Team offer FREE training to health and other professionals who work with service users and can ask about their smoking. There are a range of training courses on offer.
Training Programme Sept 2011 - Feb 2012 Training Programme March 2012 - July 2012
Resources and Information on Smoking Issues PackWe distribute FREE smoking related resources to all health-related outlets and workplaces. These materials include basic items such as posters and leaflets as well as stickers, cot labels and other more unusual items. The resources are either produced locally, by Warwickshire Tobacco Team, or created by the
Department of Health for the general public.
Resources and Information on Smoking Issues To order these materials online, please
click here. Library Catalogue We have a stock of various resources available for loan. These include teaching packs, displays, display boards, videos, teaching aids such as jar of tar or puffing poisons, books, etc..
Library Catalogue June 2009Access our recommended referral pathwayResources for GP Practices To support professionals in delivering stop smoking services best practice guidelines have been developed.
Access the Best Practice Guide Quit Manager Quick Guide for GP Practices Local Enhanced Service (LES)General Useful Resources Click here to download a monitoring form.Quickmist mouthspray- download a factsheet here.Stop Smoking Service - Fraud Statement Referral Form Dec 11 Calendar 2012Pregnancy letter to employerThis is available by contacting us on
0800 085 2917If you have any ideas on how we can support your work further, please do not hesitate to contact the team on
0800 085 2917.
- Department of Health
The Government body that is responsible for delivering the highest quality of health and social care within England. - GP
GP stands for General Practitioner. GPs are family doctors.