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Click here to view the PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION as a Word document This document details the Sandwell Stop Smoking Service patient group direction for the supply of nicotine replacement herapy through named health professionals in the following categories: Ambulance Paramedics, Chiropodists, Health Visitors, Midwives, Nurses, Optometrists, Orthoptists, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Radiographers
Did You Know?
Smoking related diseases account for 8 million GP consultations and 7 million prescriptions per year.
It is estimated that 284,000 patients are admitted to NHS hospitals every year with smoking-related diseases
Munafo et al 2003