Hand-made indicators have been put in at NHS Lanarkshire hospital gardens to discourage smoking.
The indicators have been created by the health board’s Stop Your Approach workforce, at the side of the Inexperienced Well being Partnership and Clydesdale Group Initiatives (CCI).
They have been positioned on the gardens of 5 hospital websites: Kirklands, Coathill, Airbles Highway, Udston, and Hairmyres.
Aiming to make sure sufferers, employees, and guests can take pleasure in a relaxed smoke-free atmosphere, additionally it is hoped that bees and different backyard wildlife will return to those areas.
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Andy Logan, CCI volunteer, stated: “Smoking affected my well being and once I was out working with CCI I used to be out of breath shortly.
“After I was in hospital, I used to be referred to Sharon, the give up smoking nurse, the place I used to be prescribed patches however I wasn’t able to stop smoking then. It took me just a few makes an attempt with the service to stop and I stop smoking for good one yr in the past.
“Sharon was actually supportive and if I felt down I may telephone her and she or he would reassure me, my patches and lozenges have been delivered each week and I’d put my patch on each morning. I used to smoke as a result of I assumed I wanted it once I was pressured however as soon as I finished the patches and lozenges I stored going with help from Sharon and I’ve not regarded again.
“Since I’ve stop I’ve observed my health has improved and the gardening with CCI is less complicated now too, I didn’t assume I’d be capable of cease particularly once I was at dwelling myself.
“I’ve volunteered with CCI for 9 years, earlier than I didn’t know something about gardening however I’ve performed a great deal of various things like planting bushes, chopping willow brushes, rising veg and weeding, all of it helps with my psychological well being. I’ve obtained folks to speak with within the group and I simply obtained my strimmer and bush chopping license after a two-day course.
“Placing the smoke-free indicators up across the hospitals with different sufferers was a superb expertise, if I can do it others can too.”
