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Pilot Public-Private Partnership Programme on Smoking Cessation

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Pilot Public-Private Partnership Programme on Smoking Cessation

Smoking is harmful to health. Smokers need help and support to overcome tobacco dependence and to quit smoking. To complement existing smoking cessation services, the Department of Health (DH) launched the two-year Pilot Public-Private Partnership Programme on Smoking Cessation (SCPPP) in December 2017 to test a new model of free and opportunistic smoking cessation services provided by private primary care doctors. The pilot programme aims to improve access to smoking cessation service for smokers who may be hard to reach by other means.

Smokers under the care of doctors enrolled in the pilot programme receive free and fully-subsidised smoking cessation services which include assessment, identification of motivational factors and barriers to quit smoking, counselling with medication for smoking cessation if indicated.

Key steps of the SCPPP

Key steps of the SCPPP Enrolment - Present original valid HKID Card or Certificate of Exemption - Registration in eHRSS and grant indefinite sharing consent to the doctor - Read and sign the Participant Consent Form including the Undertaking and Declarations, Statement of Purpose First Consultation - Set the “Quit Day” (Note 1) - Discuss on follow-up arrangement Second Consultation (within 26 weeks after Quit Day) - Confirm or amend the “Quit Day” (for once only) Third or Fourth Consultation (within 26 weeks after Quit Day) Follow-up Consultation at 26 weeks after Quit Day Follow-up Consultation at 52 weeks after Quit Day - This follow-up consultation is optional and not subsidized

Please click here for the Participant Consent Form (Sample).

Note 1: “Quit Day” refers to the target day for the SCPPP participant to totally abstain from smoking, which is discussed and agreed between the enrolled doctor and the participant. It is subject to adjustment during the second consultation (for once only) if the actual quit day is different from the original quit day set in the first consultation.

Points to note

  • The consultations are recorded in the SCPPP IT System which rides on the Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS).
  • If you withdraw from the eHRSS, the Enrolled Doctor will no longer be able to access your data and receive the subsidy from the Government and you may be required to make a payment for the smoking cessation services received.
  • Smoking cessation services are provided by the Enrolled Doctor in the SCPPP, who shall be professionally accountable for the clinical care and management, and the related follow up.
  • You may be contacted by DH staff for service monitoring and evaluation of smoking cessation services of the SCPPP. Please keep your contact information (e.g. mobile phone number) registered in the eHRSS up-to-date.

The smoker enrollment phase of this pilot programme has ended on 31 December 2019. For enquiries concerning the SCPPP, please contact the SCPPP Programme Office at 2155 5902 or scppp@dh.gov.hk.

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24 Feb 2020