Enhance your ability to support breastfeeding women and their newborn babies in our comprehensive workshop for any health professional who provides care to pregnant women and new mothers.
Taught by experienced practitioner Lindsey Ahmet, this one-day workshop covers the key areas of breastfeeding, equipping you with the advanced knowledge and skills to work more effectively with clients in a wide range of healthcare settings.
Through a series of discussions and presentations you will explore such topics as initiating and sustaining breastfeeding, and implications for national and international policies, including the Baby Friendly Initiative.
Armed with this contemporary knowledge you will enhance your practice and employment prospects within a range of care settings, including nursing and midwifery.
This study day explores the key issues related to breastfeeding, including:
This workshop is suitable for health care professionals working with pregnant women or new mothers.
To apply, please email our NHS Study Day team.
There are several funding options available:
For more information for any of these options, including fee rates for self-funding/employer-sponsored students, please visit our dedicated funding page.
We’ll carefully manage any future changes to courses, or the support and other services available to you, if these are necessary because of things like changes to government health and safety advice, or any changes to the law.
Any decisions will be taken in line with both external advice and the University’s Regulations which include information on this.
Our priority will always be to maintain academic standards and quality so that your learning outcomes are not affected by any adjustments that we may have to make.
At all times we’ll aim to keep you well informed of how we may need to respond to changing circumstances, and about support that we’ll provide to you.
