The Bexley team
(top, left - right)
Ann, Jo Woodvine - Service Manager, Louise, Lorraine & Harinder
below, Tom, Harinder & Louise - Quit Bus outside Morrisons, Erith
Bexley Stop Smoking Service is available to anyone who wants to stop smoking and who lives, works or is a student in Bexley.
We offer free, friendly and effective practical support as well as advice on medications to support you while you stop smoking.
Our service recommends and offers the whole range of evidence-based smoking cessation medications. All brands and strengths of nicotine replacement products (NRT) such as patches, gum, lozenges, microtabs, mouth spray, nasal spray and inhalators as well as both the oral medications of Zyban and Champix. These products are available on prescription from all Bexley GPs. Most pharmacies throughout the borough also provide all forms of NRT as long as you are signed up to quit with their pharmacist. Practice based or pharmacy based specialist advisors will set a Quit Date with you and then offer you four weeks of intensive support whilst you make the change from smoker to non-smoker.
Call the core team for details of the pharmacist most convenient to you. To access medication on prescription from a local pharmacist you must be registered with a Bexley GP. Medication is free if you are exempt from prescription charges. If not, a prescription charge will be made.
The Stop Smoking Team is part of the nationwide NHS Stop Smoking Services. One of the team will answer your call if you phone us between 9 and 5 pm Monday to Friday. There is a voicemail facility after these hours or you can email us at stopsmoking@bexley.nhs.uk and we will respond as soon as possible.
We train and support Bexley's stop smoking advisors to deliver a first class service to all smokers wanting help to stop smoking. There are well over 100 qualified advisors in Bexley and we keep them up to date with any new developments.
The core team run very popular and effective Tuesday evening stop smoking groups at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup as well as providing a day time specialist Drop-in surgery at Erith District Hospital. Erith District Hospital Drop-in service takes place on Mondays between 9 am – 1 pm. You don’t need an appointment – just turn up and one of our specialist Advisors will give you all the support and information you need to get smoking out of your life forever. They can also offer on the spot Lung Age testing. If you live in the Welling area and want support to quit why not call the core team on 020 8298 6147 and book an appointment with a Specialist Advisor from the core team at Welling Library. You can be seen any time between 1pm and 4.30pm on Monday afternoons for an initial assessment and you will then be offered four weekly appointments following your quit day so you remain motivated to quit. Once you have managed the first month of being smokefree you will receive a special Achievement Certificate and have access to our Facebook Page to keep you on track.
The core team also offer support to quit on board the Health on Wheels Mobile Quit Bus. This can be found outside Morrisons Supermarket in Erith every Wednesday between 9.30 am and 1.30 pm. Our friendly professional team offer free Lung Age testing, carbon monoxide readings, access to medication and weekly support to beat your smoking addiction.
If weekday support doesn't fit with your lifestyle then the core team also provide Saturday support to stop smoking at The Clock Tower Bexleyheath between 10 am and 2pm on the Health of Wheels Mobile Quit Bus. No appointment is necessary just hop on board for a free Lung Age and carbon monoxide reading. Our specialist advisors will give you lots of support to help you manage the first four weeks of your quit attempt and you can combine your weekly shop with a quick visit to the team for on-going advice.
If you're not sure which kind of support to quit would suit you best, contact us and we'll help you choose.
Bexley Stop Smoking Service Team