I have to disagree with Heather about the UK position.  I received formula 
sample in a UK hospital years ago, so it certainly happened and I remember 
monitoring weaning packs (form 3 months) with sachets of follow on about 
10-14 ears ago. 

I was at a study event for infant feeding co-ordinators (this is a post 
within a hospital or Primary Care Trust -- varying levels of repsonsibility 
for strategy, sometimes also clinical) in the NW of England yesterday on 
this specific issue -- we had a talk by Gabrielle Palmer and then did group 
work on the kind of issues we have in our areas with formula reps.  The 
contact between reps and parents is not dead, along with a host of other 
issues. 

I know that in my own PCT (I am fairly new in post) I have not yet even 
scoped this issue, but I know already that I will find some doozies, not so 
much in hospital, but in community clinics. 

Sadly. 

Magda Sachs
Infant Feeding Co0rdinator
Salford PCT, UK 

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