Sherwood Forest Hospitals' infant feeding team commended by UNICEF BFI

The infant feeding team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals has been commended by leading charity UNICEF BFI for good practice throughout the covid-19 pandemic.

With the pandemic and the clear need to still help new parents with breastfeeding their newborns, the team set to work and adapted their services to ensure they could still provide care to families in need.

Non-essential home visits were suspended in March, with many on-site clinics and face-to-face appointments moved to telephone consultations and appointments.

However, the infant feeding team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals did everything they could to ensure that breastfeeding infants who needed clinical assessments or treatment for tongue tie could be seen face-to-face either in the community or hospital setting.

For more information, go to https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/our-services/maternity/infant-feeding/