Smoke Free Site Policy

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Written by Health, Safety and Security Advisor

The Trust is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for its employees, patients, contractors and visitors. It recognises its responsibilities under Health and Safety legislation. It also acknowledges the well-recognised dangers of second hand smoke and takes into account the potential effects of this on patients, staff contractors and visitors.

The Trust therefore actively discourages smoking and takes the view that smoking is not permitted in any of its grounds or premises. In addition, staff identifiable as Trust employees should not smoke within view of the public or patients. (see Dress Code Policy).

All Trust buildings, grounds (including car parks) are designated smoke free.

This policy seeks to:

Provide a healthy working environment and to protect the current and future health of employees, patients and visitors from the harmful effects of passive smoking
Eliminate exposure for non smokers to second hand smoke in or on any of the Trust's grounds or premises or vehicles
Comply with Smoke Free and Health and Safety legislation and Government Policy
Raise awareness of the dangers associated with exposure to tobacco smoke
Assist smokers who wish to stop smoking
Demonstrate to everyone that, as a health-promoting organisation, the Trust actively discourages smoking.

This policy applies to:

All persons present in or on any of the Trust's grounds or buildings. This includes all staff, bank and agency staff, volunteers, students, contractors, patients and visitors.
All persons travelling in Trust-owned vehicles
Any staff identifiable as employees of the Trust on or off Trust premises, whilst providing services to patients, including a patient's home.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 March 2011 09:07 )

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