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Annex A:
Key Proposed Outcomes for PATH in Phase 2
The material in this Annex is replicated from Annex B in a document prepared by the Tobacco Control Division of the Scottish Executive Health Department in June 2005 as part of the submission which went to Ministers to secure their agreement to funding a new phase. This was then worked up into a full business plan.
PATH PHASE 2: 2005-2008
"BUILDING ON SUCCESS"
Key Proposed Outcomes in Phase 2: 2005-2008
High level outcome:
To increase the existing cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation by providing centralised, co-ordinated, evidence-based support.
Short-term outcomes: by mid-2006:
- Regional delivery of a suite of accredited modules in conjunction with GCU supporting the influx of staff to cessation services arising from new funding and continuing to the continuing professional development of existing staff;
- Development and implementation of a partnership strategy to address training and information needs arising from the Smoking, Health and Social Care Bill within, for example, the workplace and hospitality sector;
- Launch of an electronic learning resource on tobacco for all Scottish dental students, in conjunction with NES, NHS Lothian an Edinburgh's Postgraduate Dental Institute;
- Development of a joint strategy with NES and other interested parties aimed at integrating tobacco issues into the formal education of all health and other pertinent professionals in Scotland;
- Provision of training and evaluation support to the national cessation initiative in prisons currently being jointly planned with Scottish Prison Service;
- Contributing to the analysis and dissemination of the first year of client data entered via the ISD system and subsequent evolution of the system;
- Further work to reduce health inequalities, by working with service users, their representative and service providers to integrate and/or tailor services as appropriate, according to the emerging evidence base, e.g. Mental Health; Pregnant Women; Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities; Prison Populations etc;
- Implementation and development of initiatives on tobacco education and prevention in support of identified national priorities.
Selected longer-term outcomes: by mid-2008:
- Evidence-base to be strengthened by the completion and dissemination of the evaluation of the PATH pilots and the ASH Scotland Tobacco & Inequalities projects, and learning fed into service developments and training;
- Widespread availability of an expanded suite of accredited tobacco modules in conjunction with GCU, continuing to ensure high professional standards in cessation and tobacco control;
- Increased effectiveness and reach of smoking cessation arising from national and local analyses of the national dataset and the embedding of standards-based training into the education and CPD of cessation specialists and all pertinent health professionals;
- Continuing to support emerging national tobacco training and information needs emerging from the early years of public places implementation, e.g. in workplaces and the licensed trade;
- Evaluation and further development of initiatives on tobacco education and prevention.
Sustainability:
During 2007 and the early part of 2008 ASH Scotland will work with the Scottish Executive, NHS Boards, academic institutions and other interested parties to review progress, reflect on the latest policy priorities and hence explore the most appropriate route forward at the end of PATH's 2 nd phase. Outline options could include:
- Including all or some of PATH's remit into the core of ASH Scotland's activities with funding sought via the normal voluntary sector routes and/or specific sources with particular interest in elements of the remit such as training, inequalities, youth development etc;
- Incorporating all or some of PATH's remit into the activities of other statutory, voluntary or partnership bodies;
- Winding down any element of the remit if there is a consensus that it no longer meets strategic priorities in tobacco control or health improvement;
- Continuation of elements of the remit in a formal Phase 3, with funding from the current route, with agreed outcomes and objectives, where this will continue to address strategic priorities in tobacco control or health improvement.
SEHD - Tobacco Control Division
June 2005
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