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This week in ‘how do we stop those pesky baby banks providing milk to hungry formula fed babies’ we’ve had an NHS Infant Feeding lead contact a bank telling them provision of formula is illegal (it’s not), & a BF counsellor contact a baby bank threaten to... (1/) #FormulaIsFood
...withdraw BF support from Mums at a local playgroup, because they “hosted” the bank, who gave a Mum two tins of formula they had, despite not providing formula usually. We still can’t believe this but we have receipts (2/) #FormulaIsFood
This person also threatened to ‘report’ the baby bank to the local Health Board who she suggested may no longer work with the baby bank in supporting vulnerable families if they continued to provide formula to formula fed babies in need (3/) #FormulaIsFood
In light of our ongoing #FormulaIsFood campaign it’s great to see @babyfriendly confirm that public services CAN provide infant formula to families in need in these new guidelines for local authorities (LAs): tinyurl.com/babyfriendlyLA…
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (1/20)
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (1/20)
@babyfriendly @1stepsnutrition can you please answer the following questions we have about the new guidelines so we can ensure formula feeding families & the organisations who support them get the most accurate advice?
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (2/20)
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (2/20)
The LA’s we spoke to stated there is a max number of times a family can access food via their initiatives (covering roughly 4 wks food provision in total). The crisis loans system, as alluded to in the guide, is also limited in terms of access
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (3/20)
#FormulaIsFood #TeamFeed (3/20)
