Work plan 2.3
Maternal and Infant Feeding
Objective(s)
Reduce formula supplementation in breastfed babies within Raigmore Maternity Unit and increase the numbers of infants under 1 and breastfeeding women receiving vitamin D supplementation.
Delivery Team
- Karen Mackay (Lead)
- Arlene Rollo
- Camilla MacIntosh
- Nicola McIntosh
- Jodie Meggison
Activities
- Support reduction of formula supplementation within maternity unit with breastfeeding co-ordinator posts who will provide support, training and audit.
- Increase the numbers of breastfeeding women and breastfed infants/infants receiving less than 500mls formula per day under 1 years who supplement with vitamin D.
- Support the uptake of vitamin D supplementation in breastfeeding women, breastfed infants and formula feeding infants who receive less than 500mls of formula per day under the age of 1.
Governance
- Maternity and Neonatal Programme Board.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- Numbers of women breastfeeding daily who supplement with formula.
- Run charts with percentage of supplementation in breastfed neonates monthly.
- Monitor trends in supplementation rates.
- Audit orders in comparison with projected numbers receiving from ProHealth.
- Numbers of vitamins ordered and distributed per midwifery and health visiting team.
Objective(s)
All women who wish to colostrum harvest from 36 weeks are supported to do so.
Delivery Team
- Karen Mackay (Lead)
- Nicola McIntosh
- Jodie Meggison
Activities
- Colostrum harvesting policy in place.
- Increase the awareness of colostrum harvesting to women and also link with specialist for type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes.
- Monitor and audit colostrum harvesting in NHSH.
Governance
- Maternity and Neonatal Programme Board.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- Qualitative evaluation of feedback from service users ref colostrum harvesting.
Objective(s)
To ensure eligible families receive support to take up the Best Start Grants at Pregnancy and birth; Early Learning and school age.
Delivery Team
- Karen Mackay
Activities
- Further develop monitoring system for Best Start Grants.
- Raise awareness of and promote uptake of Best Start Grants through embedding it in service provision and providing information in various Health Improvement training, including breastfeeding training.
Governance
- Maternal and Infant Nutrition Strategic Group.
- No direct route in reporting to Highland Council as yet.
Performance Measures/Outcomes
- Numbers of healthy start vitamins ordered/numbers of women receiving healthy start vitamins in pregnancy.
- Numbers of eligible families claiming Best Start Grants.
- Annual run charts to indicate those who are claiming Best Start Grants.
- Planned qualitative work to look at what families use vouchers to purchase.