Summer 2016 Staff Magazine
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<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
STOP before your op<br />
The sooner a patient stops smoking<br />
the sooner you stop smoking<br />
before an operation, the better. It reduces…<br />
before your operation, the better.<br />
post-operative complications<br />
Reduce risk of complications and infections<br />
wound healing time<br />
Help your wound heal quicker<br />
Get home earlier<br />
their length of stay in hospital<br />
Talk to us today for help to quit, or contact:<br />
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU…<br />
record every patient's smoking status<br />
northumberland<br />
north TYNESIDE<br />
make smokers aware of the benefits to stopping<br />
before their operation<br />
01670 813 135 0345 2000 101<br />
encourage them to take part in smoking cessation by ringing<br />
0191 643 7171 (North Tyneside) or<br />
01670 813135 (Northumberland).<br />
www.northumbria.nhs.uk/stop<br />
For more information on the stop before your op project please email Angela.Bandeira@northumbria.nhs.uk<br />
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