Be Healthy Bucks is a free service that has helped thousands of Buckinghamshire residents to stop smoking. The service has also helped residents lose weight, get active and eat healthier. They offer face to face or phone support with specialist advisors, who support their clients for up to 12 weeks. Medication and Nicotine Replacement Therapy is also available.
Visit Be Healthy Bucks or call 03332 300177 or text ‘SMOKE’ to 60777 to find out more.
Promotional material for health professionals: https://bhb.maximusuk.co.uk/toolkit/
The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT)
The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) is a valuable resource for professionals. There's lots of briefings and training modules available to complete here:
Make Every Contact Count Training (MECC)
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that uses the millions of day-to-day interactions that organisations and people have with other people to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
MECC is a useful tool when encouraging and helping people to make healthier choices to achieve
positive long-term behaviour change such as stopping smoking.
Buckinghamshire Council provides free Make Every Contact Count Training to find out more visit: Making Every Contact Count (MECC) page.
