National Preventive Health Strategy - draft plan
A draft plan of the 10-year National Preventive Health Strategy is now available with 'reduced tobacco use' identified as an immediate priority to boost prevention action in the first years of this Strategy and to impact health outcomes across all stages of life.
Final plan to be released mid-2021.
Guidance information for emergency care settings
Responding to a request from the Victorian Coroner, VNSHS has worked with Eastern Health and other stakeholders to develop guidance information for managing nicotine dependence and withdrawal in emergency care settings.
Victorian Cancer Plan
Smoking is front and centre in the Victorian Cancer Plan for 2020-24, which emphasises “embedding support to quit smoking across the health and human services system.”
Barwon Health gains Gold Forum recognition
Barwon Health joins just 9 other health services internationally who have been recognised in 2020 for their high level of smokefree implementation.
VNSHS Regional Validation Program
VNSHS members have the opportunity to have their performance against the Global standards independently validated through the VNSHS Regional Validation Program.
Tobacco – a health priority for Victoria
Reducing tobacco related harm is among the FOUR focus areas identified in the latest Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2023, together with climate change, healthy eating and active living.
Health Promoting Hospitals 2020 standards
The Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services Network is pleased to announce the release of new standards to guide the integration of health promotion initiatives.
Resources to support pregnant women and their partners
New resources from QUIT Victoria support interventions for smoking cessation for pregnant women and their partners.
VicHealth Action Agenda 2019-2023
VicHealth is participating in coordinated effort to integrate evidence-based smoking cessation support in health service settings.
Ask Advise Help – Resources for health services
Quit Victoria, together with the RACGP and other stakeholders, has adopted the three-step AAH brief advice model as part of a strategy to embed smoking cessation support into routine care across the health system.
The 2020 ENSP Tobacco Dependence Treatment Guidelines
