Yorkshire smokefree - you quit your way
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Author(s)
Zoe Styring and James D'Arcy
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Zoe Styring Healthy Lifestyle Service Manager, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation, Barnsley Stop Smoking Service |
James D'Arcy Business Operations Officer, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley |
Abstract Yorkshire Smokefree is a new and exciting stop smoking service provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and covers 7 demographic areas which include Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster. Quitters can access the service by means of a telephonic hub and choose from the following three options:
• Telephone support
• On-line support including live chat
• Face to Face support in many of the locations across the 7 districts.
Telephone support is delivered from a central hub serving all areas across the Yorkshire Smokefree region 7 days a week with a qualified advisor who is on hand through extended opening hours to provide motivation and support by both telephone and text.
Yorkshire Smokefree’s new online quit programme is available 24/7 from computers, phones and tablets, and allows users to create their own personal plans, set a quit date and chat online with a stop smoking advisor during extend hours.
More traditional face to face support is available in convenient locations across the region. Five town centre Yorkshire Smokefree Quit Shops across the service area gives local quitters the opportunity to drop in and receive support from trained staff.
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Presenter biography Zoe Styring has worked in the field of smoking cessation since 1999 and has worked as a Stop Smoking Specialist and trainer for the South Yorkshire Services. Zoe is the manager of the Yorkshire Smokefree Barnsley Stop Smoking Service and is leading the operational development of the hub which is central to the newly developed service model within Yorkshire Smokefree.
James D'Arcy works with SWYFT in a project management capacity at present focusing on smoking cessation across 7 stop smoking services. Has been involved in setting up the telephonic hub and the techical aspects of live chat. James has been instrumental in developing the online concept of the new service.
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Source of funding: This is a South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYFT) initiative.
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Declaration of interest: There is no conflict of interest.
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