NHS stop smoking services quarterly
Local Delivery Plan Standard, 2024/25 (Quarter 2)

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 2024/25 is to achieve at least 7,026 self-reported successful twelve-week quits through smoking cessation services in the 40% most deprived areas (60% in NHS Island Boards). For more information on the LDP standard see publication metadata and data tables. 

Main points

• In the period July to September 2024, NHS Scotland achieved 71% (1,256 quits out of 1,757) of a quarter of the LDP Standard.
• At the end of September 2024, NHS Scotland has achieved 37% (2,616 quits out of 7,026) towards the required annual LDP standard.

Bar graph of NHS Health Board performance against the LDP Standard.

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Scotland and NHS Board performance against the LDP Standard at end of Q2

• At the end of September 2024, 2 out of 14 NHS Boards are currently on target to meet their annual LDP Standard. NHS Board performance against their annual LDP Standard ranged from 3% to 64%.
• In the period July to September 2024, individuals accessing non-pharmacy services were recorded as still not smoking after 12 weeks at a rate of 42% and individuals accessing pharmacy based services were recorded as still not smoking after 12 weeks at a rate of 21%.

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.
The Figures presented here on quit attempts include only those attempted through NHS stop smoking services and do not include those attempted through private services or self-led attempts. 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. More detailed information on quit attempts can also be found within the NHS Stop Smoking Services Scotland annual report.

Further information

The next release of this publication will be June 2025.