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 email Linsey Galbraith from the ISD ScotPHO team.

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Note: The second report from the national monitoring of NHS smoking cessation services in Scotland was published on 25th March 2008.

The first national monitoring report was published on 26th March 2007. This is a relatively new data collection system and variations still exist across NHS board areas with regard to data quality and completeness.