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(Guest post by Becky Derham)

I thought the Mental Nurse readership might be interested to know that WISH’s campaign against the smoking restrictions in mental health inpatient units, Stubbing Out Our Rights, has been launched this week.

The arguments for and against the restrictions have already been debated here in a lot of depth so I won’t go into them again, but if you’d like to wander over to the campaign’s website you will see WISH’s take on the issue.
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“Smokers or people who are chronically overweight may have to agree to exercise or to other changes in their lifestyles in return for NHS treatment, as part of the move.”

As already pointed out in the “Smoking bans” debate, the NHS looks set to begin to tell us how to live our life, or no medical care for you sonny boy. On the one hand; it makes perfect sense. “If you’re going to harm yourself, then go ahead - but don’t come running to me when both your gangrenous legs need amputating. Sorry mate, you took that risk”

Yet on the other, where is the line drawn?

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