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Thanks for this Margy. Haven't had the chance to have a look at it really yet but hope to get to it sometime this decade but probably not till after August as very busy with Consultation. Have HOSC meeting today, meeting with Richard James on Monday and so on. Also gathering and collating statements from all the big wigs we can think of and getting some fantastic support for midwife-led care - which is what it's all about! Keep slogging! Sarah >From: margy hughes <[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: Re: UK Postnatal care guidelines published by NICE >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:51:30 +0000 > >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