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New grandparents

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"New grandparents"

About: Russells Hall Hospital / Maternity

The maternity unity was second to none when my daughter was induced at the weekend. ALL the staff were excellent, we were very very impressed by their care and expertise. My only critisism of the hospital was seeing staff in uniforms smoking in the smking shelter outside the maternity unit. We are trying to encourage stopping smoking, especially for pregnant mums. It is wholly unacceptable that staff are allowed to smoke on hospital premesis, including carparks. Staff stinking of cigarette smoke must be awful for patients and gives the wrong message to all. I feel very very strongly about this and hope none of the staff we saw were anywhere near our daughter and newborn grandchild. It is very worrying that staff who work in the NHS still think it is ok to smoke. Staff smoking on duty on hospital premesis must stop.

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Response from Russells Hall Hospital 4 years ago
Russells Hall Hospital

Submitted on 07/05/2019 at 12:23
Published on nhs.uk at 13:06

Firstly, we would like to congratulate you and your family on the birth of your grandchild!

We are so thrilled to hear that you were impressed by the expertise of our staff and the care your daughter received in the Maternity Unit at Russells Hall Hospital. We have passed on your kind comments to the team and can assure you that staff will be grateful to learn of them.

The Trust makes every effort to enforce the current smoke free policy that states smoking cigarettes, including electronic cigarettes, is not permitted anywhere except in the designated smoking shelters. This applies to Trust staff, volunteers, contractors and PFI staff as well as patients and visitors.

The Trust is pleased to announce as of the 3rd June 2019 we will be entirely smoke free and removing all the existing smoking shelters to promote a healthy environment for staff, patients and visitors.

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