ASH Wales: Training
The Wales Tobacco Control Alliance has been actively lobbying for improved access to tobacco control training across Wales. The current lack of easy access to tobacco control and smoking cessation training in Wales needs to be rectified as a priority. The Alliance is calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to introduce a Tobacco Control Strategy for Wales that includes improved access to training across Wales.
This page is intended to give an outline of training currently available. Unfortunately most of the current training service provision is ad hoc rather than embedded in organisational systems and offered on a regular basis.
Development of Training Standards for Smoking Cessation in Wales
ASH Wales and Stop Smoking Wales are currently working in partnership to identify opportunities for improving training in a variety of tobacco control and smoking cessation formats across Wales.
The first output from this partnership will be the development of Standards in Smoking Cessation Training for Wales. The development of these standards will bring Wales into line with the requirements established by NICE and ensure that training provided in cessation in Wales meets the needs of the Welsh population. If you are interested in participating in the consultation on the Welsh Standards for Smoking Cessation Training please register your interest at
Accredited Courses Available in Wales
At the present time the following OCN accredited courses are available in smoking cessation;
- Brief Intervention OCN Training Opportunities
- OCN Smoking Awareness Course developed by NPHS (Cardiff Local Public Health Team).
- Smoking Awareness: (a) Issues related to smoking (b) Health consequences of smoking (c) Understand how individuals stop smoking.
- Delivered by OCN Wales. OCN Levels: Entry, 1, 2. For Course details please visit the website.
- OCN Smoking Cessation - a course for trainers’ aimed at Youth Workers, etc developed by NPHS (Caerphilly Local Public Health Team).
- OCN Level 2. For Course details please visit the website.
- NPHS (Stop Smoking Wales) is currently working on developing OCN accredited brief intervention smoking cessation training.
Non-accredited Smoking Cessation Training in Wales
National Public Health Service/Stop Smoking Wales Training Provision for NHS Staff and Health Professionals in Smoking Cessation
Stop Smoking Wales offers bespoke training on smoking cessation to NHS staff and health professionals. The delivery of such training is both planned and in response to requests from health organisations, General Practice, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists, private sector, individuals etc.
For more details about accessing smoking cessation training from Stop Smoking Wales contact Victoria Woods, Stop Smoking Wales Health Promotion Practitioner.
ASH Wales Training Provision
ASH Wales runs both planned and ad hoc training sessions throughout the year as detailed below:
Youth Worker Training
ASH Wales is providing training to Youth Workers based on the Too Tuff to Puff programme and the Ffaith Youth Advocacy Programme.
This is a one year funded programme which will be free of charge to groups of youth workers in disadvantaged areas of Wales.
As the number of training sessions per month is limited, interested youth workers are advised to contact the Senior Youth Practitioner at their local Authority to register interest in the programme.
Alternatively, contact Dan Clayton at ASH Wales or on or 029 2064 1101
Smoking Cessation master class
This master class will be facilitated by Associate Professor Renee Bittoun and is designed for smoking cessation practitioners. It is practice based and will require participants to provide and participate in case studies. The course is designed for practitioners with experience in smoking cessation who are looking to further develop their skills, especially with respect to supporting "hard to reach" clients.
This 1 day program is a must for health professionals working with people who are addicted to cigarette smoking.
Assoc/Prof Renee Bittoun has worked in Smoking Cessation for more than 30 years and is an inaugural member of the international SRNT (international Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco). She started one of the world’s first Smokers’ Clinics in Sydney, Australia in 1979 at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Currently she is Director of the Smokers’ Clinics in the SW Sydney Area Health Service and Associate Professor, Head of the Smoking Cessation Unit in the Faculty of Medicine, Brain Mind Institute, at the University of Sydney. She is the author of several books on smoking and quitting both for the public and as text books for practitioners. She has published many research articles on smoking and cessation. She has conducted clinical trials of many treatments for smoking cessation, both pharmacotherapies and behavioural interventions. She established and continues to teach the first University course on Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation in any Australian University at University of Sydney, a nd is President of AASCP, The Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of a new international peer-reviewed Journal of Smoking Cessation.
Renee was nominated for Australian of the Year for 2008.
COURSE DETAILS
- Date: Friday 1st May 2008
- Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm
- Venue: All Nations Centre
- Sachville Avenue
- Cardiff
- CF14 3NY
- T: 02920 524100
- F: 02920 524104
- E: email here
- W: www.allnationscentre.com
Cost: £25.
Please register early as places on the course are strictly limited. To register please contact ASH Wales, or download a registration form or phone 029 2064 1101.
CO Monitoring Course
Carbon Monoxide monitoring is a useful tool in helping smokers to understand the effects of smoking on their lungs as well as verifying cessation status. However, many people struggle with how to interpret results and/or manage their CO monitors correctly. This course is presented in partnership with Bedfont Scientific.
The next course is scheduled for mid year. Register your interest or alternatively call Sue on 029 2064 1101.
ASH Wales Conferences and Meetings
Wales Tobacco Control Forum
ASH Wales administers the Wales Tobacco Control Forum on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government. The Forum is a networking and capacity building forum. The Forum holds three half day mini-conferences a year at venues across Wales. Additionally, Forum members receive a monthly newsletter providing an overview of the topical tobacco control issues and a “editorial” on a topic of interest to tobacco control practitioners as well as advance notice of events being coordinated by ASH Wales.
To join the forum, download and complete the forum membership forms
ASH Wales Tobacco Control Conference
Following on from the 2008 Conference: A Call to Action, ASH Wales is hosting Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate on 5th and 6th October 2009 in Cardiff, Wales. Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate is a two day tobacco control conference that recognizes the importance of working in partnership across diverse agencies, of spreading the tobacco control message and of celebrating successes in reducing prevalence rates.
Confirmed workshops and presentations at the Conference include:
- The Role of Trading Standards in Tobacco Control
- Innovations in NRT
- Tobacco Control in Wales: Panel Discussion
- Understanding Recent UK Legislative Changes relating to Tobacco Cessation
- UK Centre for Tobacco Control Presentation
- Tobacco Smuggling
- No Smoking Day – Be the first to find out about NSD 2010
- Tobacco Control and Young People
Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn from the successes and challenges faced by successful tobacco control practitioners at this highly interactive conference.
Early Bird registration before 30th March will be £150.00 for two days or £75 day rate inclusive of access to the conference and refreshments, including lunch.
For further details and to register your interest visit the "Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate" conference website
Consultants
Work 2 Health is a specialist consultancy, focusing on organisational development, policy guidance, advice and support, tailored to your business to provide a fitter and healthier workforce. Work2Health also offers bespoke training, seminars and lectures on tobacco control issues. For more information contact Work2Health
Pharmaceutical Company Training
Pharmaceutical companies operating in Wales also provide training in cessation across Wales. ASH Wales does not endorse any particular drug regime or pharmaceutical company. However, as the pharma companies do engage in training, we have included details of the services they provide in this section.
McNeil Ltd
McNeil Ltd offer smoking cessation training which covers general background to smoking cessation, tobacco dependence, tobacco addiction etc plus Pharmacotherapy. It’s not promotional for their range of products and covers all stop smoking products and. Update training is also provided. For example, reminder session of products and any new indications for example.
For further information about McNeil training contact :
- Susanne Renkes
- Healthcare Development Manager
- McNeil Ltd(a Johnson and Johnson company)
- T: 07814 006471
- E: email here
Pfizer
Pfizer is coordinating a range of Level one and two smoking cessation courses for practice nurses across Wales.
For more information please contact Adrian Beeching
Ashfield In2Focus (GSK)
GSK may provide training in Wales. Contact Gill Hanson
Courses/Conferences within the UK
Maudsley Course for Dental Staff: Oral Cancer and Smoking Cessation
About the course: This seminar will provide dental nurses with the facts and the figures regarding oral cancer as well as providing advice about raising the issue of smoking cessation with patients.
Suitable for: All Dental Nurses who want to expand their knowledge and understanding of this important topic as it relates to their professional working life
- Entry Requirements: GDC registration number
- Start date of course:06 June 2009
- Verifiable CPD hours 6 hours
- Venue:Lecture Room, 3rd Floor Dental Extension, Kin's Dental Institute
- Cost: &60
- Application closing date: 22 May 2009
For More information:
- Telephone 020 3299 9000
- Fax: 020 3299 3445
- Email: email here
Smoking Cessation Advice - One Day Workshop for Health Professionals
http://www.educationforhealth.org.uk/pages/education_training/smoking_cessation.asp
Knowledge and skills in offering smoking cessation advice for patients, including pharmacological interventions. Location: Warwick (England), Stirling (Scotland), or a venue local to you (min. 15 students required for the local venue option.)
ASH Scotland and Caledonian University
Three academically accredited modules on Smoking Cessation Advice run by Ash Scotland in association with Glasgow Caledonian University.
Location: Glasgow (Scotland)
Smoking Cessation Advice – Workshops for Health Professionals.
Delivered on-site for your organisation. (Max. 16 students.)
Location: Anywhere
SCTRP three-day courses Central London
February 24th - 26th, June 15th - 17th
This Course is the development of the traditional 'Maudsley Training'. It is run by some of the leading UK researchers and practitioners including Prof. Peter Hajek, Prof. Robert West, Gay Sutherland, and Ronnie Troughton. The course aims to equip participants with the necessary background information and skills for running their own state-of-the-art treatment programmes and to feel comfortable they have an up-to-date grasp of the field. The training focuses on treatment methods validated by research. It also covers aspects of the smoking cessation field useful for policy makers and public health practitioners.
Maudsley Annual Update and Supervision Day
December 4th
The annual Update and Supervision Day is the opportunity for graduates of the SCTRP Courses to “calibrate” their clinical practice and share information in this fast-developing field. The programme consists of talks on new developments in treatment theory and practice, practical sessions on treatment details, and discussions of participants’ experience. As well as supervision and troubleshooting sessions, the Update provides an opportunity for networking among 100+ clinicians and service co-ordinators.
For further details please contact Janice Rossabi SCTRP Course Secretary or via the website
The UK National Smoking Cessation Conference 22nd and 23rd June 2009, London
This year, the UKNSCC will reflect the innovations being made with new medications and approaches to behavioural support; and will lead the discussion on how treatment services are funded and configured.
The World Class Commissioning of stop smoking services, the regulation of the profession through the UK Public Health Register, the proposed National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training and the future of the government's tobacco control strategy will all be featured in the conference programme.
Registration is £415.96 for two day conference. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee.
OTHER HELP & INFORMATION
- This user-friendly guide is an excellent resource for health professionals or anyone sufficiently interested in helping friends, colleagues or the public to stop smoking. It brings together information and ideas from a wide variety of sources and can be used with or without specialist training or as a useful back up to other training approaches. Download here
- Smoking Cessation Advisor Starter Pack - Get started running stop smoking sessions – pack comprising key manuals for cessation works, handouts & booklets. Download here
- Quit Kits/Fact Files to help you stop smoking. Download here
- On-line comprehensive guide to quitting.Download here
- Smoking and Pregnancy: An Open Learning Pack for Midwives Download here
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