Hundreds of patients quit smoking with the help of a hospital service

Since the start of the rollout of the tobacco dependency treatment service from the region's hospitals a year ago, more than 2,000 patients have been seen, with a third of those going on to become "completely smokefree" 28 days after leaving hospital.

The service is offered to patients – as well as staff – to support them to be smokefree on a hospital site, moving towards a truly Smokefree NHS. It's part of the NHS Long Term Plan, which says all hospitals should offer tobacco dependency treatment services to inpatients, maternity service users and mental health patients by 2024.

The Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership began working on the design and logistics of the service in late 2021, with the first patients treated in August 2022.