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You can download (and print, if you choose) the nearly 400 page document.  
One flaw, as far as I can see on cursory reading, is it mentions storing 
bottles of formula milk, which is against the DoH recommendation to make up 
one feed at a time and discard any unused.  have sent in this comment to 
NICE, but would not harm to come from someone as illustrious as yourself.

Still, great affirmation of BFI and ammunition for those, like me, slogging 
to achieve FBI accreditation.

Margy Hughes
infant feeding specialist Midwife
Gloucestershire royal hospital



>From: Jane Sandall <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health      
>         research." <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: UK Postnatal care guidelines published by NICE
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:42:06 +0100
>
>The guidance, issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical 
>Excellence (NICE) sets out a standard of care that women and their new 
>babies can expect from labour through to eight weeks after birth.
>
>It recommends personalised care for mothers-in which an individual care 
>plan would be drawn up soon after birth-and a move away from the more 
>common "tick box" approach. The guideline also says that all care 
>providers, whether in hospitals or primary care, should implement an 
>externally evaluated, structured programme that encourages breast feeding. 
>The programme should use as a minimum standard the "baby friendly 
>initiative," a worldwide programme run by Unicef and the World Health 
>Organization.
>
>Routine Postnatal Care of Women and their Babies is available at 
>www.nice.org.uk.
>
>Dr Jane Sandall
>Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health
>Women's Health Research Group,
>Health and Social Care Research Division
>King's College, Waterloo Bridge Wing,
>150 Stamford Street,
>London, SE1 9NH
>Tel: 020 7848 3605
>Fax: 020 7848 3764
>e-mail:[log in to unmask]
>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/research/women.html