Maternity - Infant Feeding

Last updated: Friday 17 January 2025

General introduction

The Infant Feeding Service at WHH is dedicated to supporting families with all aspects of infant feeding. Whether parents choose to breastfeed, bottle-feed, or a combination of both, our highly skilled maternity team are here to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to meet the needs of mothers, babies, and their families. 

Infant feeding support can be provided within the hospital or out in the community. Our community service includes home visits or health clinics with midwives and maternity support workers.

We work closely with health visitors and community services to provide seamless support once families leave the hospital with their baby.

Local authorities also have community infant feeding teams. For more information about these team please see the 'Useful information' section below. 

How to access this service

For families requiring more specialist or complex advice around infant feeding, referrals can be made by your midwife to the infant feeding specialist midwife. 

About the team

Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife - Natalie Starkey

Useful information

As well as this service, additional support is available within your local community. 

For families living in Trafford, Salford and Wigan: 

Infant Feeding - Home-Start Trafford Salford and Wigan 

For families living in Halton: 

Information on Halton Council's infant feeding service 

For families living in Warrington: 

Warrington 0-19 Infant Feeding Team – Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 

Support contact numbers: 

  • National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212 
  • Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300 330 5453 
  • La Leche League: 0345 120 2918 
  • National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300 330 0700 

Contact Us

Telephone

For Infant Feeding Support please contact: 

Community Office

01925 662092 

Ward C23 - (postnatal ward)

01925 662258 

Triage

01925 275200 

 

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