Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31694

Patients: Smoking

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal DemocratWinchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing smoking cessation support to patients who are in hospital receiving care for cardiovascular disease.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has prioritised, and given new funding to integrated care boards (ICBs) for, the rollout of tobacco dependence services in hospital settings. Decisions on the scale and makeup of the services are agreed local...

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