Smoking Cessation
National Smoking Cessation Monitoring/National Smoking Cessation Database
In July 2005 ISD Scotland set up a national smoking cessation system to capture information on people presenting to NHS services in Scotland for help to stop smoking. This is a web-based system, accessible at present only over the NHSNet, with around 300 registered users across Scotland.
The database is designed to collect the national minimum dataset for smoking cessation services (developed by PATH part of ASH Scotland) plus additional information to meet local needs and to provide extra local functionality such as reports and letter generation.
Background to the national minimum dataset and national database, including a link to the test version of the system are available on the ASH Scotland website.
Contacts
If you would like to know more about the database, please contact Linsey Galbraith (email: linsey.galbraith@nhs.net) from the ISD ScotPHO team.
Note
The fifth annual report from the national monitoring of NHS smoking cessation services in Scotland was published on 31st May 2011. Previous reports are available on the Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) web site.
Related additional resources
A guide to smoking cessation in Scotland 2010
