Smoke Free Mental Health Summits Postponed

Comment from Dr Pooja Patwardhan

‘’It is with regret that we have to inform you that in the current situation of COVID-19 risk,  CHRE (Centre for Health Research and Education) and the Priory Healthcare teams have taken a decision to postpone the three ‘Smokefree Mental Health’ Summits. These were planned for the 5th, 12th and 20th May at Llanarth, Roehampton and Stockton Hall respectively with the hope of supporting and empowering Priory healthcare staff from various Priory sites across UK to go smokefree sustainably.

All the healthcare sites going smokefree still remains a key priority for Priory; and CHRE is committed to providing support for the same.  Hence CHRE team will also consider alternative training solutions using tools such as webinars if the summits get too delayed due to public health concerns. 

Priory Healthcare hope to keep the momentum of the smokefree work. Please feel free to contact Dr Pooja or Dr Sud at CHRE if you need any urgent bespoke support till we can plan the further steps. They can be reached at a dedicated email address smokefreepriory@chre-uk.com.

In the meantime, good luck to us all in this global battle with the Corona virus…take care!  ‘’

 Stopping smoking can reduce the amount of psychiatric medication needed 

All Priory Healthcare sites are expected to be smoke freenow. Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE) in partnership with the Priory Healthcare Group is organising 3 ‘Smoke Free Mental Health Summits’ to support and empower all the sites to  to become smoke free sustainably while creating positive health environment.. 

Policies to achieve Smokefree ‘sites’ can only be delivered if the staff members and patients are empowered with the latest best practice and practical tools in smoking cessation. With this the 2020 ‘reclaiming the Stolen Years’ series of summits, the aim is to bridge the  policy and practice gap and to support all smoker patients quit smoking sustainably. 
 

The Smokefree Mental Health Summits’ are designed to:

1 Empower staff to help achieve smokefree sites, sustainably

2  Bridge the smokefree policy and practice gap with practical tips

3  Enable patients who smoke to quit smoking and improve their
physical and mental health

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Choice of Locations & Dates: 

Tuesday 5th May 2020: POSTPONED

Llanarth Court Priory Hospital, Raglan, Abergavenny, Wales

Tuesday 12th May 2020: POSTPONED

Roehampton Priory Hospital, London

Wednesday 20th May 2020: POSTPONED

Stockton Hall Priory Hospital, York

Programme Leads:

Dr Pooja Patwardhan, General Practitioner and Clinical Director, Centre for Health Research  and Education UK, and 

Paul Cowans, Smokefree sites lead.Specialist Director Priory Group,Professional Lead for Forensic,MH Rehab and PD Services.