Welcome to SCaH Conference UK 2023

Welcome to the SCaH 2023 programme.  We would like to thank our speakers and sponsors for supporting SCaH and working with us to make smoking history.  We are regularly updating this page and are still accepting applications for topics and “Rapid Fire” presentations.  Please use the Submit Abstract button below.

Sponsors of SCaH have been specifically selected to ensure that they do not have direct or indirect links to the tobacco industry nor do they take funding from the tobacco industry. All vaping companies providing sponsorship have existing contractual relationships with stop smoking services either in the NHS or with local government. Sponsors have not been involved in developing the programme and content from sponsors is clearly signposted on the agenda.

SUBMIT ABSTRACT 2023
2021 VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

Delegates have the opportunity to select an AM and PM break out session.  If you can’t choose, don’t worry, all break out sessions will be recorded and available to view on-demand via the SCAH app after the event.

OPENING PLENARY: NATIONAL POLICY, EVIDENCE & GUIDANCE

8:50 am - 9:00 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Chair

  • Martin Dockrell Tobacco Lead - Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

9:00 am - 9:15 am

Why reducing smoking rates remains our #1 priority

An opening by the Mayor of Greater Manchester touching on the health impacts of smoking and the importance of driving down smoking rates.  Also Highlighting the importance of working towards Smokefree 2030 and emphasising the good work in GM.

Speaker

  • Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester - Greater Manchester Combined Authority

9:15 am - 9:30 am

Achieving Smokefree 2030 – The Government’s Plan

This will cover key policy announcements and developments in delivering the Government’s ambition to be Smokefree by 2030.

Speaker

  • Richard Boden Head of Tobacco Control and Gambling, Addictions Team - Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care

9:30 am - 9:45 am

Implementing Tobacco Dependency Treatment Services in England-what have we learnt so far?

NHS England is currently implementing a comprehensive programme to treat tobacco dependency in hospitals and maternity services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Substantial progress has been made, especially with a seamless treatment pathway between NHS services and community stop smoking services. More needs to be done to embed these services including data collection, to assess their impact and support long term sustainability.

Speaker

9:45 am - 10:00 am

A whole-system approach to making smoking history

Synopsis coming soon

Speaker

  • Hazel Cheeseman Deputy Chief Executive and Policy Director - ASH (Action on Smoking & Health)

10:00 am - 10:20 am

KEYNOTE: Why do we need to sustain treatment services and how are we going to do it?

Thousands of people continue to die from wholly preventable tobacco related disease each year. The addiction to tobacco leads to poverty, ill-health and additional demand on healthcare services. The NHS has a key role in tackling tobacco addiction and sustaining our recently implemented hospital services. This can be achieved through collaborative working between NHS and Public Health teams, a relentless focus on health inequalities and optimising treatment pathways.

Speaker

  • Prof Sanjay Agrawal Professor of Respiratory Science, - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

10:20 am - 10:40 am

Panel Q&A

Chair

  • Martin Dockrell Tobacco Lead - Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Speakers

  • Richard Boden Head of Tobacco Control and Gambling, Addictions Team - Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care
  • Prof Sanjay Agrawal Professor of Respiratory Science, - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  • Dr Paul Cilia La Corte Senior Programme Manager - Prevention - NHS England
  • Hazel Cheeseman Deputy Chief Executive and Policy Director - ASH (Action on Smoking & Health)

(SPONSORED) KENVUE

Licenced NRT: How do we support hard-to-quit patients?

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Despite the widely understood health risks associated with smoking, smoking cessation can be challenging both for individuals looking to quit, and for the healthcare professionals looking to support t...

10:40 am - 11:00 am

Speaker

  • Dr Alan Curley Programme Lead and lecturer in Adult Health Studies - University of West of Scotland

AM BREAK: POSTERS & EXHIBITION (11.00 – 11.20)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: SPECIALIST THEMES

ACUTE SECONDARY CARE

NLaG’s insights into the Tobacco Dependency Treatment Support interventio...

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An overview of the NLaG’s Tobacco Dependency Treatment Support services presence within the Targeted Lung Health Check programme. The NHS’s groundbreaking contribution to the Long Term plans objec...

11:20 am - 11:45 am

2023 Track 1

Chair

Speaker

  • Kaylee Hopwood Targeted Lung Health Check Programme Tobacco Dependency Treatment Support Delivery Manager - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust

The Cessation of Smoking Trial in The Emergency Department (COSTED)

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COSTED is an NIHR funded multi-centre randomised, controlled trial (ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT04854616) which has recruited 972 participants from six Emergency Departments across the UK. Participants were...

11:45 am - 12:10 pm

2023 Track 1

Chair

Speaker

  • Dr Ian Pope Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine - University of East Anglia

MENTAL HEALTH

Smokefree mental health wards & reducing restrictive practices: Where i...

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Smokefree policies and tobacco dependency services aim to reduce health inequalities associated with smoking and mental health. Reducing Restrictive Practice (RRP) interventions in mental health setti...

11:20 am - 11:45 am

2023 Track 2

Chair

  • Emily Cannon Head of Quality Improvement - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Speakers

  • Pete Stewart Healthy Hospital and Community Programme Manager - Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust
  • Martin Lever Tobacco Reduction Programme Manager - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Exploring both sides of the fence!

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An open discussion forum on the confusing and often conflicting messages on being a smokefree mental health hospital.

11:45 am - 12:10 pm

2023 Track 2

Chair

  • Emily Cannon Head of Quality Improvement - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Speakers

  • Rafik Hamaizia Expert by Experience - Cygnet Health Care
  • Mary Yates Clinical Expert, National Tobacco Dependence Trainer

SMOKING IN PREGNANCY

Can electronic cigarettes help pregnant smokers quit ?

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This presentation will provide a summary of the key findings from a recent randomised control trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of electronic cigarettes and NRT in helping pregnant smokers ...

11:20 am - 11:45 am

2023 Track 3

Chair

  • Louise George South West Maternity and Perinatal Programme Manager - NHS England – South West

Speaker

Reducing smoking in pregnancy: a new national financial incentive scheme

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In April this year the government made a commitment that all pregnant women who smoke would be offered financial incentives as part of their stop smoking support by December 2024. A new national fina...

11:45 am - 12:10 pm

2023 Track 3

Chair

  • Louise George South West Maternity and Perinatal Programme Manager - NHS England – South West

Speaker

  • Jo Locker Senior Tobacco Control Manager - Office of Health Improvement & Disparities

LUNCH: POSTERS & EXHIBITION (12.25 – 1.15)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: SPECIALIST THEMES

COMMUNITY SMOKING CESSATION

Support provided by stop smoking practitioners to co-users of tobacco and c...

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The Cannabis And Tobacco Cessation Advice (CATCA) study aimed to identify the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of stop smoking practitioners when supporting tobacco cessation among smokers who also...

1:15 pm - 1:40 pm

2023 Track 1

Chair

  • Martin Lever Tobacco Reduction Programme Manager - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker

  • Dr Maria Duaso Senior Lecturer, Care in Long Term Conditions Research Division - Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London

Vaping in Local Stop Smoking Services: Why wouldn’t you want to give smok...

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Elizabeth Woodworth (ABL Health Limited) and Richard Holley (North and West Northamptonshire Council) will be sharing their experiences of including e-cigarettes as part of their local stop smoking se...

1:40 pm - 2:05 pm

2023 Track 1

Chair

  • Martin Lever Tobacco Reduction Programme Manager - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Speakers

  • Richard Holley Area Manager - North and West Northamptonshire Council
  • Liz Woodworth Professional Lead - ABL Health Ltd - Smoking Cessation Services

HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING

Improving the health of children with asthma – Creating smoke free homes

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This is a piece of work in collaboration with the AAC in looking at how we can improve asthma in Children and Young People. The Core 20 Plus 5 approach in making improvements within health inequalitie...

1:15 pm - 1:40 pm

2023 Track 2

Chair

  • Emily Cannon Head of Quality Improvement - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Speakers

  • Jane Coyne Senior Operational Programme Manager - Greater Manchester Integrated Care
  • Mary Aziz Programme Development Lead - Health Innovation Manchester

Investigating opportunistic brief smoking cessation advice in financial sup...

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A summary of a new programme of work being carried out at the University of Oxford investigating ways to encourage more people to quit smoking through existing financial support services, such as soci...

1:40 pm - 2:05 pm

2023 Track 2

Chair

  • Emily Cannon Head of Quality Improvement - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Speaker

  • Dr Nicola Lindson University Research Lecturer & Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) Managing Editor - University of Oxford

Vaping in Blackpool: Young people’s feedback

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Like other areas of the country, Blackpool has seen a significant increase in the levels of vaping and e-cigarette use in recent years with anecdotal feedback suggesting that vaping prevalence was muc...

2:05 pm - 2:20 pm

2023 Track 2

Chair

  • Emily Cannon Head of Quality Improvement - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

Speakers

  • Abigail Lee Young Person’s Engagement Officer - Healthwatch Blackpool, Empowerment Charity
  • Amy Butler Senior Engagement Officer - Healthwatch Blackpool, Empowerment Charity

INNOVATIONS IN PRACTICE

Evaluation of the NHS staff tobacco dependency offer in Manchester

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Rates of smoking in NHS staff are often higher than those in the general population. NHS staff in Manchester were offered six months' free access to the Smoke Free app, plus 12-weeks' supply of a vape...

1:15 pm - 1:40 pm

2023 Track 3

Chair

  • Hanna Ellison Programme Manager, Tobacco Prevention Team - NHS England

Speaker

Overcoming the challenges to the NHSE Smoking Cessation Advanced Service

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The community pharmacy NHS SCS was launched in March 2022 with the intention of introducing capacity to the system and choice for patients wanting to continue a quit attempt post discharge. This prese...

1:40 pm - 2:05 pm

2023 Track 3

Chair

  • Hanna Ellison Programme Manager, Tobacco Prevention Team - NHS England

Speakers

  • Rob Hebdon National Pharmacy Integration Lead - NHS England
  • Steve King Pharmacist - Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
  • Helen Pearson Senior Pharmacist - Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.

PM BREAK: POSTERS & EXHIBITION (2.20 – 2.40)

RAPID FIRE & ORAL PRESENTATIONS

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

SCAH RAPID FIRE ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. Caitlin Barry 'Working Towards a Smokefree NHS Workforce in NENC'
  2. Kate Frazer 'Embedding Patient and Public Involvement in co-designing a smoking cessation pathway for people who smoke and are diagnosed with cancer'
  3. Kirsty Soar 'Lessons learnt from Project SCeTCH: a multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of e-cigarettes compared with usual care for smoking cessation in those accessing homeless services'
  4. Rachel McIlvenna 'A multi-strand approach to treating tobacco dependency in the North East & North Cumbria (NENC)'

Chair

  • Heidi Croucher Dorset Integrated Care System Treating Tobacco Dependency Programme Manager - Public Health Dorset

Speakers

  • Caitlin Barry Project Manager - North East and North Cumbria ICS Smokefree NHS
  • Kate Frazer Associate Professor - University College Dublin
  • Dr Kirstie Soar Trial Manager - London South Bank University
  • Rachel McIlvenna Smokefree NHS Strategic Manager - North East and North Cumbria ICB

CLOSING PLENARY: CONSOLIDATED THEMES

3:30 pm - 3:50 pm

Smoking and Inequalities – CORE20plus5

A summary of the impact smoking has on health inequalities and the importance of supporting smoking cessation in the charge to reduce health inequalities.

Speaker

  • Dr Dianne Addei Public Health Advisor for Health Inequalities - NHS England

3:50 pm - 4:10 pm

Working as a system to achieve 5%

The presentation will cover how the North East is working collectively to maximise opportunities to increase quitting at scale and to deliver an effective evidence based tobacco control approach which puts people who smoke at the core of its plan.

Speaker

4:10 pm - 4:30 pm

KEYNOTE: Looking forward and reaching out: Helping to end smoking for all

Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of poor health outcomes and inequalities amongst people experiencing extensive health and social needs (e.g., homelessness, substance dependencies). A long-lived perception exists that individuals living with such needs do not engage in health services and as such, are described as ‘hard to reach’, ‘disengaged’ or ‘unimotivated’. This talk highlights why these descriptors are not grounded in evidence.  It will also highlight how we can maximise existing opportunities to offer cessation support, including how tobacco harm reduction approaches are central to reducing smoking and will help to reduce inequalities.

Speaker

  • Dr Sharon Cox Principal Research Fellow - University College London

4:30 pm - 4:50 pm

Panel Q & A

Chair

Speakers

4:50 pm - 5:00 pm

Award Ceremony & Close

Chair