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Smokefree trust

All our hospital and healthcare sites are smokefree zones. Stop smoking support is available for staff and patients.

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We thank you for not smoking on any of our trust sites – it’s time to clear the air!

As part of our smokefree pledge we:

  • Routinely offer smoking cessation advice to patients in all clinical areas and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to all inpatients

  • Systematically record the smoking status of all patients

  • Provide smoking cessation training for staff

  • Provide a stop smoking support programme for staff

  • Ensure NRT is easily accessible from nearby pharmacies

  • Promote smokefree hospital sites – including entrances and exits

Protecting the health of our patients, staff and visitors

As part of our smokefree commitment, patients and staff will be given the tools and support they need to help them stop smoking. For example nicotine replacement therapy is now available on all of our wards and smokefree training is available to all staff as well as a 12-week stop smoking support programme.

We’re proud to be taking this step and are actively encouraging staff to start conversations about smoking with patients and to signpost them to local stop smoking support services where appropriate.

If you’re a patient, you have a lower risk of serious complications after operations if you don’t smoke. Quitting smoking helps people recover quicker from periods of illness or injury and have a lower risk of re-admission. People who don’t smoke also have a lower risk of wound infections and have a better chance of a shorter stay in hospital. We also know that patients undergoing cancer treatment like radiotherapy, also have better outcomes if they don’t smoke or stop smoking.

Smokefree grounds

We want people to understand that there is no smoking allowed anywhere on our hospital sites, including the grounds. If anyone is seen smoking on our premises, our staff have the right to respectfully request for them to stop and extinguish their cigarette.

Support to quit

Local stop smoking services provide a comprehensive range of free, friendly and confidential support. Click the buttons below for more information.

South Tees area North Yorkshire Staff programme