About Healthy Lifestyles Isle of Wight
Introducing Healthy Lifestyles Isle of Wight – a new stop smoking and weight management service for the Isle of Wight community. From 1 January 2021, local residents have the opportunity to access a range of new and exciting programmes and services that will improve their health and wellbeing.
Service users can self refer to the service or be referred by their health professional, this can be done via our website here or by calling 01983 642369/ 0800 999 1396.
Healthy Lifestyles Isle of Wight will engage and bring together a range of local partner agencies to help reduce inequalities across the Isle of Wight. The service will enable residents to access both stop smoking and weight management interventions seamlessly.
Need to make a referral?
Please use the form on the link below to make a patient referral to one of our services.Whilst many of these fields are optional, we do request you provide your referrer details, so that any clarifications can be made to aid in the correct triaging for the service user.
Stop Smoking VBA Training
The following courses can be accessed online:
NCSCT on line Smoking Cessation Training courses – https://elearning.ncsct.co.uk/england
| NCSCT Training Courses |
| Very Brief Advice on smoking for pregnant women – Assessment |
| Promoting smokefree homes and cars assessment |
| Very Brief Advice on Smoking: practitioner assessment |
| Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Specialty Module: Assessment |
| Mental health specialty module: practitioner assessment |
| NCSCT stage 1 assessment |
| Practitioner assessment – knowledge and skills |
Stop smoking and tobacco control information – https://ash.org.uk/home/
courses near you
| Venue/Location | Description | Date | Time | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Brief Advice (VBA) training | VBA is a simple piece of advice that can be used opportunistically in almost any consultation with a smoker, and takes less than 30 seconds. This training is for anyone who engages with smokers. | Wednesday 18th January | 9.30am – 12.30pm via MS Teams | TBC |
| Level 2 Stop Smoking Practitioner training | This training is for new stop smoking practitioners who have completed the online NCSCT practitioner training | Tuesday 7th February via MS Teams | 9am - 4.30pm via MS Teams | TBC |
| Very Brief Advice (VBA) training | VBA is a simple piece of advice that can be used opportunistically in almost any consultation with a smoker, and takes less than 30 seconds. This training is for anyone who engages with smokers. | Tuesday 7th March via MS Teams | 1.30pm - 4.30pm | TBC |
| Practitioner Update training | This training is to update existing NCSCT accredited advisors who are delivering a stop smoking service. Recommended for all advisors to attend at least once a year. | 2023 date to be confirmed | 9am - 4.30pm | TBC |
Need to make a referral?
Please use the form on the link below to make a patient referral to one of our integrated services.Whilst many of these fields are optional, we do request you provide your referrer details, so that any clarifications can be made to aid in the correct triaging for the service user.
How to refer to the service
Please use the form on the link below to make a patient referral to one of our integrated services.Whilst many of these fields are optional, we do request you provide your referrer details, so that any clarifications can be made to aid in the correct triaging for the service user.
Resources
If you have any queries or would like to order service resources, please contact us by using the form available on this link or by contacting our dedicated team on 01983 642369/ 0800 999 1396.
Need to make a referral?
Please use the form on the link below to make a patient referral to one of our integrated services.Whilst many of these fields are optional, we do request you provide your referrer details, so that any clarifications can be made to aid in the correct triaging for the service user.