Staff
Lis Cowling, Smokefree Service Manager
Mel Stephenson, Smoking Cessation Specialist, Waitakere Hospital
Lizbeth Wilson, Smoking Cessation Specialist, North Shore Hospital
Jenny Saxony, ELECT Smoking Cessation Specialist / Smokefree Educator
Marc Otte-Kristian, Staff Smoking Cessation Specialist / Smokefree Educator
Ann-Maree Thornton, Patient Support Facilitator
Outpatient Clinic - Smoking Cessation Specialist
This is a hospital based service. If you are (or have recently been) an inpatient or outpatient at Waitakere or North Shore Hospital, CADS or one of our mental health units (e.g. Mason Clinic or Waimarino), then you can be referred to this service. Ask any staff member who has been involved in your care to refer you.
Unfortunately, we are not able to take referrals from GPs or to take direct referrals from the community.
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)… More
You can be referred to the WDHB Outpatient Smoking Cessation Practitioner by any hospital staff member involved in your care. You must be a recent inpatient or outpatient of Waitakere or North Shore hospital to be referred.… More
Elect is a fully funded Waitemata support service that offers patients on the elective surgery list the opportunity and support to be smokefree before surgery.… More
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