Tomorrow, (Saturday, October 1, 2022) HSE National Breastfeeding Week begins, encouraging parents to take up free expert help and celebrating rising breastfeedi.
On Monday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Karen Fennessy, Healthy Clare Coordinator and Laura McHugh, the HSE National Breastfeeding Coordinator to speak about today’s launch of the ‘We’re Breastfeeding Friendly Clare’ campaign by Clare County Council’s Healthy Clare team. The aim of the campaign, which is part of the national Healthy Ireland programme, […]
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There have been calls for the HSE to reconsider cuts to breastfeeding support services in the Dublin South East region.
Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, a lecturer in Mathematics and Education at UCD, has asked the health service to rethink its plans to remove the lactation consultant in the area.
Writing on Twitter yesterday, she said: As if having a baby in a pandemic wasn’t difficult enough, [the HSE] want to cut the lactation consultant position in Dublin South East (and I imagine elsewhere if it’s the case here)! She has been invaluable to so many new mums in the area, both online and in person.