In this document, first published in the Autumn 2016 issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update and updated in 2018, PCRS-UK provides information on supporting smokers to quit, and how knowing and using the interventions available are the responsibility of all healthcare professionals
Taxonomy: Archive, Clinical resource or information, Standard, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: Archive, Clinical resource or information, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
PCRS-UK is campaigning for healthcare professionals to view tobacco dependency as a long term relapsing condition that starts in childhood.
Practical input is needed from primary care to ensure that the new data standards will work in practice so please take some time to fill in the survey New national data standards on tobacco use would:-
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Archive, Clinical resource or information, PCRU, Standard, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
This short guide from the Primary Care Respiratory Update, Getting the Basics Right" series provides an essential update from Dr Noel Baxter on why a carbon monoxide test is an essential part of a GP and practice nurses's toolkit and valuable motivational tool for smokers
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In this article published in the Autumn issue of Primary Care Respiratory Update Fran Robinson talks to the PCRS-UK Tobacco Dependency Campaign Group about the role of the healthcare professional in treating tobacco dependency as a long-term relapsing condition that starts in childhood.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Archive, PCRU, Service development and improvement, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this article for Primary Care Respiratory Update Fran Robinson talks to Sonia Simkins, Practice Manager in Rowley Regis on her innovative in-house stop smoking clinic which has helped free up clinical time and reduce unplanned admissions.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Archive, Clinical resource or information, Standard, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this article for Primary Care Respiratory Update Noel Baxter discusses why a carbon monoxide test is an essential part of a GP and practice nurse's kit.
Taxonomy: Archive, Clinical resource or information, Tobacco smoking and nicotine, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Fran Robinson talks to the PCRS-UK Tobacco Dependency Campaign Group about the role of the healthcare professional in treating tobacco dependency as a long-term relapsing condition that starts in childhood.
The number of smokers in England has fallen to its lowest level, with just one in six adults (17%) now lighting up, according to the latest DATA from Public Health England.
Standardised (plain) packaging of tobacco products The standardised packaging regulations mean that in future:
The document, produced in partnership with Public Health England, states that e-cigarettes are considerably safer than smoking cigarettes, are popular with smokers and that they have a role to play in reducing smoking rates.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has published a new report, ‘The Stolen Years’, which is endorsed by 27 health and mental health organisations and sets out recommendations for how smoking rates for people with a mental health condition
It argues that smokers can be reassured and encouraged to use them, and the public can be reassured that e-cigarettes are much safer than smoking.