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Uproar at smoking ban for Bowmere Hospital
Apr 17 2008 by David Holmes, Chester Chronicle
MENTALLY-ILL patients “detained” at a Chester hospital will have fewer rights than prisoners when they are banned from smoking in July.
Carol Bell and Mary Rayner, both patients of Bowmere Hospital at the Countess of Chester Health Park, have written to The Chronicle asking for “a voice” because they believe the ban contravenes their human rights.
The ban is part of national legislation which has barred smoking in public places – including the rest of the health park – but mental health patients were exempted until July 1 this year.
However, unlike staff and patients of the nearby Countess of Chester Hospital, sectioned mentally ill patients cannot walk to the perimeter of the site to light up.
Full story in Friday’s Chronicle.
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