Freedom of Information Request: 0035 2019/20
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Do you have a Smoke Free Policy?
Yes
Does your policy include Vaping? If so what is your policy around vaping for staff and for patients/visitors on the premises/grounds?
Yes for Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals
No for Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
How do you communicate this policy to staff and to patients/visitors?
Managers to ensure that clinical and non-clinical staff are made aware of the requirements of this policy and ensure the use, recharging or sale of e-cigarette / smoking cessation devices is prohibited in all Trust buildings”.
AND
To ensure that everyone entering Trust sites understands that smoking or the use of e-cigarettes or other smoking cessation devices are not allowed in Trust buildings except in designated smoking shelters:
Clear warning / advisory notices / signs will be on display in buildings
Tobacco and tobacco products or e-cigarettes or other smoking cessation devices will not be allowed on sale at any Trust site
Trust staff at all levels will actively discourage smoking in buildings
Do you have smoking shelters?
Yes
If not – has this caused a problem with staff/patients smoking in the neighbouring areas offsite – causing a problem to local residents?
Not applicable.
Do you have issues around patients/visitors still smoking on the grounds and what measures have you put in place to address this?
This is not a valid request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as it is not a request for recorded information.
Do you have issues around staff smoking in the grounds/in uniform and what measures have you put in place to address this?
This is not a valid request under FOIA as it is not a request for recorded information.
