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Welcome to our Professional's Area

We have developed this new professional's area to provide you with knowledge and information to help people quit smoking and reduce health inequalities across the borough.

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In 2024/2025, we supported 1,230 clients with their quit attempts, and 70% of them successfully quit.

We offer smoking cessation support to anyone who lives, works, or is registered with a GP in the Knowsley area, providing services across a wide range of sectors. 

Check out this video to learn more about our service and what clients can expect. 

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After receiving your referral, the client will be contacted within 48 hours (excluding weekends or bank holidays)

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An experienced Stop Smoking Advisor will provide support over the phone, digitally or face-to-face in one of our community settings.

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Clients are contacted weekly and are given behavioural support as well as a supply of NRT for up to 16 weeks*

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We record and follow up quit outcomes at 4, 12, 26 and 52 weeks

Our team of skilled stop-smoking advisors are trained in motivational interviewing and effective communication, offering personalised support to help clients quit smoking. We provide tailored advice and assistance for those who want to become smokefree through: 

  • A comprehensive treatment plan with quitting aids for up to 16 weeks, depending on the chosen pathway. 
  • A harm-reduction option for clients who find it difficult to set an immediate quit date. This flexible approach involves a gradual reduction in cigarette use to help clients work towards a successful quit date.
In 2024/2025, 199 out of 200 individuals who completed a Friends and Family survey rated the service as 'good' or 'very good.'

 

Admission to hospital is a ‘teachable moment’ in which most patients may be more likely to accept treatment and support for tobacco dependence or are at least willing to attempt temporary abstinence during the hospital admission, which may itself lead to a future goal of long-term abstinence. We work in close partnership with our dedicated community stop smoking services across our localities. Together we have implemented a robust pathway to ensure the transfer of care for our patients from hospital to home is efficient and streamlined, helping to keep our patients on their smokefree journey. 

 

Helen Morear, Tobacco Dependency Lead for Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Trust