Decision details

Stop Smoking Support and the provision of Pharmacotherapies

Decision Maker: Decision Session - Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health

Decision status: Decision Made

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Purpose of Report: To present two options to providing free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) . Option one is to provide this to pregnant women for a total of 12 weeks. Option two is to provide free NRT to pregnant women for 12 weeks (as option one) and to provide free NRT to those individuals who are seriously financially disadvantaged for the first 2 weeks of their supported quit attempt.

The Executive Member is asked to support and agree to option two detailed in the attached paper.


All people receiving free NRT will be supported in their attempt to stop smoking by the Smoking Advisers employed by City of York Council

Decision:

Resolved: That Option 2 be supported and agreed as detailed below:

 

The provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) free of charge for 12 weeks to pregnant women receiving stop smoking support services and for 2 weeks to those in receipt of stop smoking services who meet the criteria.

 

Reason: This will help to protect the unborn child from the effects of passive smoking by providing free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to pregnant women for 12 weeks thus increasing their chances of successfully quitting smoking for the duration of their pregnancy. NRT will also be made available free of charge for 2 weeks for those residents accessing the Council’s stop smoking service who are financially disadvantaged. This is to provide interim support with the expectation that they then fund NRT themselves after this period.

 

Report author: Philippa Press

Publication date: 25/07/2016

Date of decision: 25/07/2016

Decided at meeting: 25/07/2016 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health

Effective from: 28/07/2016

Accompanying Documents:

 

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