The membership of the Smoking and Mental Health Working Group is made up of representatives from organisations with a remit for the care of people with mental ill-health. The group provides an opportunity for open debate and information exchange.
A rotating chair is in operation.
Contact with the group is via the facilitator, John Sim 0131 220 9463.
Smoking and Mental Health Working Group meetings are listed in Events and posted on the STCA Bulletin.
Meetings are held every three months.
Stop-smoking support in mental healthcare settings: case studies
The SMHWG and ASH Scotland with support from CRUK have produced a set of case studies illustrating smoking cessation successes in mental healthcare services. These case studies are intended to provide a discussion focus for those involved in training and information provision. The SMHWG is working on a set of guidance notes to accompany the case studies due in November 2010. If you would like to help with this once you have started to make use of the case studies or would like to comment on the case studies or offer additional case studies, please contact John Sim.
Next meeting
16th November 10.00, venue and agenda to be confirmed.