Q&A for Tobacco health target: Should the ABC activity of pharmacists (including prescribing NRT) be included in the PPP data set collected for the Health Target?
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posted by emurray on 5 March 2012
The target description is "90% of enrolled patients who smoke and are seen in general practice will be provided with advice and help to quit by July 2012".
Answer:
Data on ABC activities by pharmacists should treated in a similar manner to hospital data. It makes sense for General Practice to update patients' smoking status as a result of ABC activities by pharmacists, but B and C can only be recorded by General Practice when the General Practice does a follow up when smokers status has changed and provide the B and C.