The Living Smokefree Department is located at Western Campus, Middlemore Hospital. Their role is to support a smokefree district health board. 

They do this by:

• Providing training courses and smokefree updates for staff
• Providing smokefree orientation to new staff
• Providing smokefree system support
• Providing cessation support for patients and staff
• Providing information, advice and support on all issues relating to smokefree
• Supporting a smokefree environment
• Working in the wider community to encourage, support and develop smokefree initiatives

Counties Manukau DHB Smokefree Policy

Counties Manukau DHB promotes good health and is committed to the Smokefree Policy.  At all of our locations:

• All outdoor areas are smokefree
• All indoor areas are smokefree
   

The Smokefree Policy applies to:

• All patients
• All visitors
• All staff (including contracted workers)

Counties Manukau District Health Board provides a smoking cessation service. If you are (or have recently been) a patient at Middlemore Hospital, Manukau SuperClinic or any of our outreach clinics, then you can be referred to this service.  Ask any staff member who has been involved in your care to refer you.

If you are not in hospital and would like support, please see the Community Based Services below.

At Counties Manukau DHB we understand not everyone who comes to hospital wants to give up smoking. We'd like to support you as much as possible while you're in hospital, and help you manage cravings to smoke.  Ask any of our nurses or doctors if you would like to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help deal with nicotine withdrawal.  Trying patches, gum or lozenges while you're in hospital does not mean you have to commit to anything after you leave.

We have a duty to provide a safe and healthy environment to all our patients, visitors and staff.  Whether you would like support to manage nicotine withdrawal or not, we ask you to respect our non-smoking policy while you are in the hospital and grounds.

If a hospital stay has got you thinking about ways to get healthy, including cutting out tobacco, we can offer support and referral to a community or hospital based service. Of course, you don't need to wait for us to refer you; you can contact a community based free service (see below) to help you stop smoking at any time.