Tannoy shame for hospital smokers
From left, Nicola Whittingham (Senior Specialist at Yorkshire Smokefree Wakefield), Jez Mitchell (Public Health Principal at Wakefield Council), Michelle Gascoigne (Stop Smoking Specialist midwife), Martin Barkley (Trust Chief Executive), Eddie Emsworth (Trust Service Improvement and Development Manager), Sonia Brown (Service Co-ordinator at Yorkshire Smokefree Wakefield) comes after it introduced a no smoking policy across all of its sites last March.
The Trust says ‘No smoking’ signs put up across its estate do not deter all smokers from lighting up around hospital entrances - including areas where ambulances are dropping off patients.
Iain Brodie, the Trust’s general manager of facilities, said: “If a member of the public or staff sees someone smoking, they can press a button in the main reception to activate a voice message, which can be heard loud and clear, outside the main Pinderfields Hospital entrance asking smokers to extinguish their cigarettes.
“We’ve introduced the system because it’s vital we take every possible step to discourage smoking.
“Patients and visitors, including new born babies and those arriving by ambulance, often have to pass through cigarette smoke at our hospital entrances, which is totally unacceptable.
“Our goal is to have smoke free sites, and the ability to broadcast these messages is a crucial step towards this.”
The Trust first announced its intention to make its hospitals smoke free back in 2017 and rolled out its smoke free policy in March this year. 9KVJ MKFU DCEM CV UEJQQN OCP[ JQNKFC[OCMGTU ƒPF CWVWOP the ideal month to take advantage of lower prices and still catch some sun. But if you’re one of the 15 million people in the UK with a long term medical condition, there’s understandably a few more planning steps to make sure everything goes smoothly! So to help you tick every box for getting ready…
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