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Smokefree NHS Network Launch

Smokefree NHS
Mar 2023

On 27th March 2023, ASH launched its new Smokefree NHS Network. The Smokefree NHS Network is designed to support those working to implement or improve tobacco dependency treatment services in secondary care settings.

The event was Chaired by Professor Stephen Eames CBE, Chief Executive Officer at Humber and North Yorkshire ICS and Chair of Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance, and showcased existing support for TDT services, best practice in joined-up working, and outlined the new Network's aims and objectives.

Speakers and slides

Chair's Opening Address
Professor Stephen Eames CBE, Chief Executive Officer at Humber and North Yorkshire ICS & Chair of Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance

Introduction to Smokefree NHS Network

Dr Olivia Bush, NHS Strategic Lead, ASH

Where we are & where want to get to
Professor Sanjay Agrawal, National Specialty Adviser for Tobacco Dependency at NHS England, Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group, Consultant in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine

How relationships & networks are key to achieve vision (North East London ICB case study)
Andrew Stock, Smokefree Programme Manager, NEL ICB; Aiden Bohan-Avery, Health Improvement Coordinator, Barts Health; Shamsia Begum, Service Manager, Queen Mary University London; Madalina Pop, Public Health Commissioner, London Borough of Newham

What support is available for implementation at a national level?
ASH, BTS, RCPsych, NCSCT, OHID, NHSE

Policy update: What ASH are doing to keep smoking high on the agenda
Hazel Cheeseman, Deputy Chief Executive, ASH

Chair's Closing Address

Download slides here

You can learn more about the Smokefree NHS Network and become a member here.