HEALTH CHIEFS UNVEIL SMOKE PLAN FOR 2006: Women S Hospital Joins Ban
Posted on: Monday, 29 August 2005, 15:00 CDT
LIVERPOOL Women's hospital is to ban smoking.
From January 1, 2006, neither patients, visitors nor staff will be allowed to light up within hospital grounds.
The clampdown will be enforced by security guards who will receive special training to deal with smokers. Anyone flouting the ban will be told to move outside the hospital's perimeter.
As January 1 approaches, leaflets advertising the work of the smoking cessation team will be handed out to try and encourage people to quit their habit.
The director of nursing and midwifery at the hospital, Liz Craig, said the move was being carried out in line with the government's plans to make all hospitals smoke free by the end of 2006.
Royal Liverpool hospital and Fazakerley hospital have already banned smoking.
Ms Craig said: "The smokefree initiative is a vital part of helping those who use and work in the NHS to improve their chances of living longer and healthier lives, but for this Trust especially, it has the added value of positively affecting the health of women and babies."
The Women's is believed to be the biggest hospital of its kind in Europe and sees hundreds of patients a year.
Pauline Kennedy is one of the hospital's smoking cessation officers who helps pregnant women quit.
She said: "Quite often we see women outside the front doors of the hospital. It's not healthy.
"Our security guards will be trained to cope with people. And we are going to be flexible, we understand there are times when people have had bad news and will take that into consideration.
"But no-one smokes going around Tesco. And of all the places people should smoke the last place is a hospital.
"Under the ban, the only place people will be able to smoke is Crown Street and Parliament Street
WOMEN who smoke during and before pregnancy risk a raft of problems, experts say.
Women who smoke are more likely to have
ectopic pregnancies, premature babies and an increased chance of miscarriage.
They also have an increased risk of premature rup
turing of the membranes, which can lead t o early deliveries and other complications affecting the health of the baby
Source: Liverpool Echo
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