Bexley Stop Smoking Service
Would you like to stop smoking, but need some advice on the best place to start?
Let the Bexley Stop Smoking Service be your first point for local support.
If you’re a smoker and you live or work in Bexley, we are here to offer free advice, guidance and moral support.
The best reason to stop smoking is because you want to. However, smoking is a very powerful addiction and you’re less likely to succeed if you give up on your own. Evidence shows that smokers are four times more likely to stop smoking with the help of their local NHS Stop Smoking Service.
We all know the many health benefits to giving up smoking and all Bexley’s GP surgeries and some local pharmacies have trained advisors on hand to offer you one to one advice as you make that life-changing shift from smoker to
non-smoker.
Bexley’s Stop Smoking Team runs free six-week evening clinics at Queen Mary’s Hospital to help you kick the habit. It gives you the support of a group as well as being assisted by one of our specialist stop smoking facilitators.
The groups have been running since 2001 and have had over 70% success rate. See the Getting help to quit section below for more information.
If you are pregnant and want to quit, we can have a smoking and pregnancy advisor, who can visit you and your family at home during your pregnancy to provide advice and support to stop smoking.
Getting help to quit
Bexley Stop Smoking Services offers weekly drop-in services,without an appointment or alternatively you can sign up for a free six week course. at the following locations:
Drop-in services
Erith District Hospital
Outpatients Department
Hind Crescent
Erith DA8 3EE
Tel: 020 3045 3833
When: Mondays 09:00-12.30pm
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Outpatients Department
Frognal Avenue, Sidcup
DA14 6LT
Main number: 020 3045 3833
When: Tuesday afternoon by appointment
Stop smoking six week courses
Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup
When: Tuesdays 6:30-8pm (session one)
7- 8pm (sessions 2-5)
Course dates for 2012
- Tuesday 17 April to Tuesday 22 May
- Tuesday 29 May to Tuesday 3 July
- Tuesday 10 July to Tuesday 14 August
- Tuesday 18 September to Tuesday 23 October
- Tuesday 6 November to Tuesday 11 December
What treatments are offered?
Our service can offer you the full range of nicotine replacement therapies (patches, gum, lozenges, nasal spray, etc) as well as both the oral stop smoking medications – Champix and Zyban - and our trained advisors will help you decide which method best suits your lifestyle.
Quitbus
We also provide free support and lung age testing in the heart of the community via the mobile Quit Bus. Come on board for advice to help you stop smoking.
The Quit Bus is located outside:
- Morrisons Supermarket, Erith every Wednesday between 9.30am and 1.30pm
- Bexleyheath Clock Tower every Saturday between 10am and 2pm
Jump on board the Quit Bus for:
- Information on stop smoking medication
- Signposting to other aspects of the service
- Lung Age Testing
- Carbon Monoxide readings
- General support and monitoring of your weekly progress.
Contact us
If you would like more information about any services, to join a group, or access GP-based support, contact us on:
- 020 3045 3833
- stopsmoking@bexley.nhs.uk
- www.smokefreebexley.co.uk
- Follow the Bexley Stop Smoking Service on Twitter: @SmokefreeBexley or Facebook.
