click on the link - commissioning guide
Is this happening anywhere? Should it happen? What do people think? Is it necessary for people to set up private peer supporting/counselling enterprises like this one although it was commissioned by sure start? because the PCTs seem to be being so slooowwww about this and women everywhere could do with a 'knowledgeable friend' to help them through the first weeks...
I have read/heard some BFing counsellors say that this is a 'scary' prospect because breastfeeding peer counsellors are not trained enough, being only trained for 12 weeks. Do people think this is true? 12 weeks is quite alot to learn all about breastfeeding I would have thought, and most HVs only do a 3 day UNICEF course in breastfeeding management.
Any thoughts?
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RubyBuckleberry · 08/11/2010 19:27
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