OVERWEIGHT nurses and doctors who smoke need more support, according to Huddersfield’s MP.
Labour’s Barry Sheerman called on the Government to do more to help health staff improve their own wellbeing.
Speaking in Parliament this week, the MP asked of health secretary Andrew Lansley: “What is he doing to provide leadership in this sector, especially when we talk to people at the top of the health service who say that there are real problems with obesity in nurses and smoking among doctors?
“Where is the leadership coming on those issues?”
Mr Lansley replied: “In the last few days, we have published an obesity call to action, which sets out national ambitions to reduce calorie consumption to a point where people can maintain a healthy weight or reduce their weight. We have set out a tobacco control plan, regarded as a leader across the world.”
