NHS stop smoking services quarterly
Local delivery plan standard, 2021/22 (quarter 1)

About this release

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on NHS Stop Smoking Services in Scotland and their progress towards their annual Local Delivery Plan (LDP) Standard. The LDP Standard for NHS Scotland in 2021/22 is to achieve at least 7,026 self-reported successful twelve-week quits through smoking cessation services in the most deprived areas i.e. 40% (60% in NHS Island boards) most deprived datazones in each NHS board. Trend data from financial year 2014 to 2015 to financial year 2021 to 2022 are presented in a dashboard and Excel workbook.

Main points

Quarter 1 (April to June), 2021 to 2022

• In the first quarter of the financial year 2021 to 2022, NHS Scotland contributed 23% (1,623 out of 7,026) towards the required annual LDP Standard.

Scotland and NHS Board performance against the LDP Standard at quarter 1 Percentage of annual LDP Standard achieved

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Scotland and NHS board performance against the LDP Standard at quarter 1

• Five out of fourteen NHS boards met or exceeded 25% of the annual LDP Standard during the first quarter. NHS board performance against their annual LDP Standard ranged from 15% to 32%.
• The types of services accessed to support smoking cessation makes a difference, as seen before, with those accessing non-pharmacy services twice as likely to be recorded as still not smoking after 12 weeks compared with those who use pharmacy based services (45% and 22% respectively).

Background

In July 2005 a national smoking cessation database was set up to capture data on people presenting to NHS services in Scotland for help to stop smoking. The database is designed to collect the national minimum dataset for smoking cessation services from all 14 NHS boards in Scotland. The minimum dataset is the mandatory client information required for national monitoring purposes, developed by PATH (Partnership Action on Tobacco and Health).

From July 2014, information about service activity and outcomes from pharmacy services was recorded through the smoking cessation support tool available in the Pharmacy Care Record. This forms part of the minimum dataset. The smoking cessation minimum data set is electronically submitted from Pharmacy Care Record to the national smoking cessation database.

Figures are based on total quit attempts set during the year, rather than total number of people with a quit attempt, so could include repeat quit attempts for the same person. The LDP Standard changed in financial year 2018 to 2019 to exclude quit attempts in prisons, therefore comparisons of quit attempts prior to financial year 2018 to 2019 are based on different definitions and are not valid.

Further information

Background to the national minimum dataset for smoking cessation services is available on the Data and Intelligence website.

The next release of this publication (financial year 2021 to 2022 – Quarter 2 data) will be April 2022.