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Improve referral rates to the Help Me Quit service

  • Asking about smoking status may trigger a quit attempt but referring increases the likelihood of success; smokers are four times more likely to successfully quit smoking with NHS stop smoking support, than they are going it alone.
  • Help Me Quit is a single brand for NHS stop smoking services in Wales. It is built around a website and contact centre team, providing access all NHS stop smoking services (including community pharmacy, Stop Smoking Wales and hospital-based services). The service aims to make it easier for smokers to choose the best NHS stop smoking support for them in their local area and is advocated as the best choice a smoker can make to quit smoking.
  • The Tobacco control delivery plan for Wales 2017–2020 (WG 2017) includes an action to increase referral rates to smoking cessation services from GP practices aspiring to 10% of patients who smoke being motivated to quit and referred per annum).
  • Professional referrals can be made via Quit Manager or an online referral form.
  • Record any support and treatment offer on the clinical system (this is a Primary Care Measure).