02 December 2014 02 Dec 2014

Postnatal care, not vouchers, will increase breastfeeding rates

It is well known that in the UK, despite initial breastfeeding rates being relatively high, maintining these rates are a problem; the amount of women continuing to exclusively breastfeed past 6 weeks is dramatically low. In 2010, the Infant Feeding Survey found that the initial breastfeeding rate was highest in England at 83% (compared with 74% in Scotland, 71% in Wales, and 64% in Northern Ireland).