Nicky Coote

Service Lead & Specialist Smoking Cessation Practitioner

Barnet Stop Smoking Service, Public Health

Biography

Nicky has worked in stop smoking in a variety of guises since 2006, first as an HCA in a GP practice, followed by a locum advisor for pharmacy in Ealing, then into Public Health as part of a specialist team in Harrow.  She is now the Service Lead and Specialist for the London Borough of Barnet. Her role consists of performance management of commissioned service providers in the borough (GP and Pharmacy), clinical lead for the borough (including training) and running  face to face (in normal times) and telephone support clinics (1:1) for the following:

• complex/high risk co-morbid
• pregnancy cohort
• and other highly dependent tobacco users (including those living with poor mental health).

She has also been a Trainer for RSPH (2016-18) on smoking cessation.  Nicky believes firmly in patient advocacy and has a desire to share her knowledge, and help everyone as holistically as possible.