Table 2 Percentage of GPs responding to questions relating to the provision of NRT on NHS prescription
From: General Practitioners' views on the provision of nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion
6. Do you think that NRT should be taken off | No 50% (n = 183) | Don't know 8% (n = 30) | Yes 42% (n = 154) |
|---|---|---|---|
the prescription blacklist? | Â | Â | Â |
7. Do you think that NRT should be available | 51% (n = 188) | 8% (n = 30) | 40% (n = 148) |
on NHS prescription to smokers, but only if | Â | Â | Â |
they are also willing to receive behavioural | Â | Â | Â |
support or counselling? | Â | Â | Â |
8. Do you think that having NRT available on | 47% (n = 169) | 7% (n = 26) | 46%(n = 167) |
NHS prescription would be useful in helping | Â | Â | Â |
you to raise the topic of smoking with patients? | Â | Â | Â |
9. Do you think that having NRT available on | 52% (n = 187) | 12% (n = 44) | 36%(n = 130) |
NHS prescription would add unacceptably to | Â | Â | Â |
your workload? | Â | Â | Â |
10. Do you think that having NRT available on | 43% (n = 156) | 9% (n = 33) | 48%(n = 172) |
NHS prescription would be an appropriate use | Â | Â | Â |
of NHS resources? | Â | Â | Â |