Patricia Young says:>  Evidence based practice and departmental
>policy - the only way to  go.  Being nice helps, but just giving info and
>being nice doesn't have the clout that a policy has.

This has been shown time and again to be the only way - it's why it is part
of the 10 steps.

I think a important, thogh often overlooked benefit, of a policy is that it
supports the staff who are not undermining mother's choice to breastfeed.
If a  member of staff is aware that a senior or even equal colleague is
(lets not mince words) sabotaging bf, what can he/she do as an individual?
But bad practice is far more easily challenged with a policy.

I say, forget about changing attitudes - we've been trying to do that too
long and it's t..o..o slow.  Stick to formulating good, effective policy,
'owned' by the people who have to work by it, and the attitude changes will
happen - and if they don't, then they are the ones out of step.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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