Smoking and mental health inpatient services
Hello,
I hope you're well.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide separate information for each of your hospitals/facilities providing mental health inpatient services:
- Is the hospital smokefree (i.e. does not allow smoking anywhere on hospital grounds) and, if yes, what date did this happen?
- How many patients/service users have absconded/gone AWOL while on leave for each calendar year since 2000? By "leave" I mean a period of time outside the hospital grounds approved by a member of staff. For example, it might be several hours or 15 minutes for some fresh air, escorted by two nurses. I'd be looking for information on those who fail to return when expected, while on such leave.
- Of these, how many patients/service users have absconded/gone AWOL while on leave to have a cigarette or where the report mentions cigarettes for each calendar year since 2000?
- When looking at all incident reports (not just those in which a patient absconded), how many incident reports mentioned "smoking", "smoke", "cigarette" or "lighter" a) in 2017, b) in 2018 and c) in 2019?
If this request will come in above the cost limit, please advise how I might refine it.
Yours faithfully,
Claire Wilde
By email: [FOI #635333 email]
17th January 2020 Our Ref: 2020/045
Dear Ms Wilde
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