It’s been three years since the maternity in-house stop smoking service was introduced at CHFT. Led by Specialist Health Advisers, Lucy Pendlebury and Naomi Hegney, the Smokefree Pregnancy Service has achieved some fantastic results which are having a big impact on the health of mum and baby.
Their results include:
- CHFT Smokefree Pregnancy Pathway being offered to 100% of women who smoke at booking and those who have quit since conception.
- CO (carbon monoxide) testing at booking has increased from 55% to 92.8%
- CO testing at 36 weeks has increased from 50% to 98.21%
- Smoking At Time Of Delivery has reduced from 10.62% to 5.47%
- Compliant with Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle Element 1
Lucy and Naomi (pictured) work within the Maternity Health Advisor Team. The team won the 2023 CHuFT Award for Putting People First, with Lucy and Naomi being cited as a ‘huge driving force behind the achievements”.
Lead Midwife for Public Health, Kate Heighway, said: “Smoking at time of birth is half what it used to be, which means a lot less mothers are smoking in pregnancy and their babies are well grown and healthier when they are born.”
