Stop Before the Op
We developed ‘Stop Before the Op’ to support our patients who smoke prior to planned admissions, recognising the strong link between smoking and surgical complications.
This pre-admission clinic delivers a best practice pharmacy-led clinical model of care for patients who smoke, including the provision of nicotine replacement therapy.
Results have been highly successful, with patients being four times more likely to make a quit attempt and twice as likely to be smokefree on the day of surgery.