For a SERVICE to be designated as an NHS Stop Smoking Service requires that minimum quality standards should be met. To meet these minimum quality standards all advisers should:

• have received appropriate training for their role,
• carry out the 4 week follow-up promptly, in accordance with the current guidance,
• complete the minimum dataset (the individual PERSON data monitoring forms) for each PERSON, fully and accurately, and return the information required to the coordinator in good time,
• offer weekly support for at least the first four weeks of a quit attempt,
• attempt to confirm smoking status of all PERSONS self-reporting as having quit at 4 week follow-up by use of a carbon monoxide monitor, except where follow-up is carried out by telephone.

The majority of Stop Smoking Services will operate broadly on the 'Maudsley' model of a clinic providing intensive support, usually on a group therapy basis, to the most dependent smokers. The Stop Smoking Service should also continue to be supplemented by a range of SERVICES in various settings in primary care, secondary care and the community.

Central monitoring of data regarding 52 week follow-up is no longer required however, follow-up at 52 week stage is still recommended as good practice to establish long-term success rates and this information should still be collected locally.

References:
NHS Stop Smoking Guidance.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Stop Smoking Services