Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67929

Smoking: Health Services

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Gill Furniss

Labour — Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to implement automatic enrolment into stop smoking support at (a) A&E departments, (b) cancer screening appointments, (c) mental health services and (d) other NHS touc

Answer

Ashley Dalton

As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England, we are committed to ensuring all hospitals integrate ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation interventions into routine care. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has prioritised and put new funding out to ...

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