Baby Friendly Initiative

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The baby friendly Initiative accredits maternity and community facilities that adopt internally recognised standards of best practice care in Mothers and Babies.

Accreditation takes place in stages:

Stage one - This assesses policies and procedures
Stage two - Assesses the staff education programme
Stage three – The care provided to pregnant women and new mothers

Accredited facilities must undergo repeat assessments every few years to maintain the right to call themselves ‘Baby Friendly. They can be expected to provide a high standard of care for mothers and babies in line with ‘Ten Steps’ (hospitals) or the ‘Seven point plan’ (for community settings)

Where we are up to:

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust have passed stage 2 and are working towards stage three later this year.

Warrington Hospital have passed stage one and are currently progressing to stage two.

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