NHS smoking ban at Conquest Hospital
I find it disappointing that the official NHS smoking ban at Conquest Hospital, which covers all of the outside grounds & curtilage, is constantly and openly flouted. Smoking openly goes on outside the main entrance, where it must be absolutely known to all levels of management that it is taking place, but nothing is done about it and non (& ex) smokers have to run the gauntlet of thoughtless smokers. I have never seen a smoker asked to stop or leave the grounds. Even more shockingly, it is the Conquest staff who are some of the worst offenders! There are several smoking enclaves for staff only, the most obvious being at the staff entrance of the "Theatre sterile store", where a quick glance regularly reveals several smokers and lOO's if not thousands of discarded cigarette ends and other smoking paraphernalia. As both a visitor & a service user I have personally witnessed this on dozens of occasions. Management and professionals cannot be unaware and they should be ashamed that they have .let this continue for many years. When will management properly implement their own policy.