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Actions to develop ‘Breastfeeding Friendly’ Premises Background/ Rationale: Breastfeeding offers significantbenefits for women as well as babies. Babies who do not receive breastmilk are at higher risk for a range of conditions such as gastrointestinal...
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Some really good news to share.... NHS North Lancashire has just heard that it has been successful in its application to the Department of Health for funds to promote breastfeeding and help tackle health inequalities. Janet Soo-Chung, Chief Executive...
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The Mamas & Papas Midwife of the Year Awards 2009 has selected a Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation trust midwife whose work covers Blackpool Victoria hospital and Weeton Army Base. Stars of Coronation Street and Hollyoaks celebrated...
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Work towards Baby Friendly Accreditation for the two hospitals within the Blackpool and North Lancashire footprint has begun with the appointment of project leaders in each hospital this autumn. Plans at this stage are for the two hospitals to achieve...
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Concerns associated with breastfeeding in public (such as embarrassment, and negative public attitudes) have been identified as one of the key barriers to breastfeeding. One of the standards to achieve the Baby Friendly Initiative is to provide women...
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A multi-disciplinary group of judges met at Thornton Children's Centre to judge the entries to the recent competition to design a Breastfeeding welcome sticker. Three age ranges (0-10, 11-17 and Adult) were judged and a winner from each category was chosen....
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Most people who work in maternity services or infant feeding, or who have themsleves recently had a baby, will have seen a variety of the breastfeeding printed materials available - for example locally we routinely use the square purple "Off to a Good...
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Concerns associated with breastfeeding in public (such as embarrassment, and negative public attitudes) have been identified as one of the key barriers to breastfeeding. One of the standards to achieve the BFI is to provide women with information about...
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The new numbers are National Breastfeeding Helpline 0300 100 0212 BfN Supporterline 0300 100 0210 Bengali / Sylheti Supporterline 0300 456 2421 The Government is recommending all NHS related numbers move to 0300 numbers. The BfN feel that the services...
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Blackpool has been awarded extra funding which it applied for under a special scheme announced during World Breastfeeding Week in August 2008. We learned last week that the bid had been successful. An extra £2 million to help more women in England breastfeed,...
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The Northwest achieved the highest percentage of infants with known breastfeeding status as a percentage of infants due a 6-8 week check for Q1 VSB11 reporting, this represents the best performance across all regions. Primary Care Trusts that failed the...
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On 19th December 2008, assessment for the Baby Friendly Stage One Accreditation for NHS North Lancashire and Children Centres took place, and we are happy to report that a verbal pass was given, to be confirmed in a written report due in a month or so's...
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/kids-and-family/2009/01/07/could-you-donate-***-milk-to-another-woman-s-baby-115875-21021455/ Could you donate breastmilk to another woman’s baby? By Louise Baty "The thought of giving someone else’s child your breastmilk...
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Pregnant women all over the region will be given a free copy of the new DVD "from bump to breastfeeding’ by the charity Best Beginnings, during an ante-natal appointment with their midwife, during the next twelve months. It can be watched in English,...
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As we have rpreviously reported on this blog, guidance was issued by the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2006 that all maternity units and community settings within the NHS should work towards achieving the award, but England...
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The Chief Medical Officer has reiterated advice that soya-based infant formulas should not be used as the first choice for the management of infants with proven cow’s milk sensitivity, lactose intolerance, galactokinase deficiency and galactosaemia. Soya-based...
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Breastfeeding protects against childhood overweight and obesity The Millennium Cohort Study is prospectively studying a large group of infants born in the new millennium from around the UK. 13,188 of these infants were followed up aged 3 years, to assess...
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Following increasing concern from health professionals and organisations, including UNICEF UK, regarding the sale and marketing of ‘Good Night' milks in the UK, the Department of Health asked the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) to look...
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This article appeared in the Blackpool Citizen Newspaper Dads gave their thoughts on breastfeeding to listeners at a special presentation event at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Members of the Revoe Children’s Centre Dads Club, run by Blackpool Council,...
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The UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative has completed its review of the standards and assessment process for community health-care providers. The final document, outlining the renamed and revised Seven Point Plan for Sustaining Breastfeeding in the Community,...
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As part of a wider study (1), researchers reviewed the impact of a number of factors including six “Baby-Friendly” practices (breastfeeding initiation within one hour of birth, giving only breastmilk, rooming-in, breastfeeding on demand, no pacifiers,...
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Today, Tuesday 7th October, St Cuthbert's Children Centre, individuals from a variety of settings and levels of involvement, met at St Cuthbert's and Palatine Children's Centre to celebrate the achievements made by NHS Blackpool together with Blackpool...
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Following the national trend, North Lancashire Training Primary Care Trust has also rebranded, and will henceforth be known as NHS North Lancashire - which in addition to making it a simpler term for patients to understand nothing else, is far easier...
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Patient friendly identity for local healthcare services Blackpool Primary Care Trust is adopting a more user-friendly identity. In line with national guidance, it has joined healthcare organisations across the country in adopting a new, simpler name....
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We have come across a website called Baby Maze which has some useful information about goings on in Lancaster and Morecambe for families - including a handy list of all the Children's Centres http://www.babymaze.co.uk/childrenscentres.asp...
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