Report welcomed, but more emphasis on birth and infant feeding also needed The ‘Conception to Age 2: First 1001 Days All Party Parliamentary Group’ today published their report ‘Building Great Britons’, making recommendations to enable children at the end of their first 1001 days to have the social … [Read more...]

Increased Breastfeeding Rates Could Save Millions: Could Doulas Be Part of the Solution? Doula UK welcomes the publication of a report making clear that the NHS would save millions if women were supported to breastfeed longer. Currently, 81% of new mothers start breastfeeding in the UK, but … [Read more...]

New NICE Guidelines Offer Women Much-Needed Choice Today NICE publishes its eagerly awaited updated guidance on 'Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth'. The guidance includes recommendations that commissioners should ensure that all 4 birth settings … [Read more...]

Doula UK understands that the Infant Feeding Survey for 2015 is to be cancelled, a move that is shocking and disappointing. The UK Infant Feeding Survey (IFS) has been conducted every five years since 1975. The 2015 IFS would have been the ninth national survey of infant feeding practices to be … [Read more...]

Midwives have gone on strike for the first time in 133 years Doula UK is calling on the UK Government to put more investment in maternity services, as midwives strike for the first time. Today, midwives have joined thousands of other NHS staff in in a four-hour walkout, in a dispute over the … [Read more...]

October 9th to 15th is Baby Loss Awareness Week. This is organised by a number of pregnancy and baby loss charities. It is a special opportunity to mark the brief lives of babies lost in pregnancy, or during or shortly after birth. Doulas may play a role in supporting parents through pregnancy … [Read more...]