Louise Ross Service Manager, Leicester City Stop Smoking Service, Leicester City Council
Abstract
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has wrestled, with the support of Louise Ross, Stop Smoking Service Manager, Leicester City Council, with the practicalities of having in-patients use e-cigarettes. Cigalikes or rechargeables? Could they be used as a weapon? What if someone drank the liquid? Who manages the supply chain?
The one guiding light in this gloom was the consistent theme from patients: 'I want to stop smoking, and I want to use one of those ecigs.'
Initially intended to be a small pilot, the interest from other wards, other patients, gained momentum, and staff too who smoked were quick to see the benefit, for themselves, of switching from smoking to a device that gave them clean nicotine.
In this presentation, Louise describes the journey, the obstacles, the solutions, and finally the outcomes and results.
Source of funding: Stop Smoking allocation, Public Health Dept, Leicester City Council
