Our new stats have come out, for those of you that like this sort of
thing (and I do!)


The full report is at
http://www.doh.gov.uk/pdfs/infantreport2000.pdf
summary at
http://www.doh.gov.uk/pdfs/infantfeedingsummary.pdf

Basically, we have raised the initiation rate throughout the UK, but
maintenance is the same as ever in England and Wales, though higher
in Scotland .

This is disappointing - it indicates that more women are prepared to
try bf, but as 90 per cent of those who stopped before 6 weeks
indicate they would have liked to have continued, there's still a gap
in support.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html