England’s public health chief is urging hospitals to give every pregnant woman a carbon monoxide test to see if they smoke, as part of an NHS-wide drive to persuade patients to kick the habit. Duncan Selbie wants midwives and nurses to routinely screen mothers-to-be when their pregnancy is first “booked”, monitor them at all their antenatal appointments and support those who want to quit. Hospitals would also ban smoking shelters used by staff and patients, hand out nicotine gum and patches and include helping smokers to quit in patients’ treatment plans under Public Health England (PHE)’s plans. It also wants doctors and nurses to use their conversations with patients to advise them how to give up tobacco or encourage them to switch to e-cigarettes instead. “One in four hospital inpatients smokes, but too many hospitals do too little to try to help them to give up. I want people who are in a hospital bed or in a consulting room to have a conversation about their smoking with a member of staff and, if they want to quit, refer them on to stop smoking services”, Selbie, PHE’s chief executive, told the Observer. “This isn’t about scaring or hectoring people. It’s… Read full this story
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