No Smoking Day’ was a huge success we managed to sign up 30 people who were actively seeking help to give up smoking. We were based in the foyer of the London Muslim Centre and caught the Dhur (midday) prayer rush. Admittedly we were a bit behind on recruiting women as man power was needed at the main display. One of the difficulties when recruiting at the Mosque is that of segregation. Sensitivity needs to be applied when approaching female Mosque goers, as they tend not to use the exits until all the men have left or they leave as soon as possible after the prayers.On the back NSD, Dipul and I completed the final quarter report (with extensive track changes from above) the final ‘quit rate’ for us at four weeks is 69% a 6% increase from last year. We recruited 380 people compared to last year at 320. The targets were increased and I think we have topped that by an extra 30 people.
Based on the part time hours that both of us are working and managing a caseload of 190 people each. Our numbers increased due to increase in referrals from other agencies e.g. GPs, Nurses and other Health Professionals. The PCT also have put a considerable amount of effort in to advertising the services in that last 6 months pushing our referrals up. So on the one hand our outreach community based work has halved, with referrals from the Health Practitioners doubling.
Ah, also before I forget I had an extensive list of clients from our community based contact ‘Majlish Homecare Services’ that are supporting Dr Haque’s Study.
So another successful year and an unusual one lay ahead, the PCTs would have been given there target list for the coming year and no doubt they will negotiate and increase our numbers.
Lets see what happens after the meeting with the PCT next week.
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