Karen Haw Head, Leeds NHS Stop Smoking Service and Healthy Lifestyle Service
Biography
Karen Haw is the Head of Leeds NHS Stop Smoking Service and Healthy Lifestyle Service
Karen has lived and worked in Leeds most of her life, she qualified as a General nurse in 1985. After a short period working within a hospital setting, she pursued a career in community nursing, where she gained experience of working within the field of smoking cessation. In 2000 she moved full time into the field of smoking cessation first as an advisor then managing the service in 2007.
More recently although still passionate about smoking cessation herself and a group of others developed a more integrated approach to health improvement. The healthy lifestyle service enables clients to work on multiply lifestyle changes including smoking cessation, weight management and alcohol reduction.
