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Smoking rates remain significantly higher amongst individuals with mental health issues. Quitting, however, can improve both physical health and mental wellbeing.

Identifying the smoking status of all inpatients and offering prompt tobacco dependence treatment to all smokers remains a priority for South London and Maudsley Trust. As outlined in the Trust’s Aiming High, Changing Lives Strategy, we aim to reduce inpatient smoking rates to just 15%, which better aligns with that of the national average (11.9%).

There are around one million adults with a learning disability and over 700,000 autistic people living in England. People with a learning disability and autistic people are more likely than the wider population to experience mental health difficulties.

For National Apprenticeship Week, Alice Stroud shares how her master's apprenticeship in Advanced Clinical Practice is enhancing her skills in adolescent mental health while balancing work and study.