The Leicestershire Breastfeeding Audit was developed and undertaken during 1997/8. This was an interface project working across primary and secondary care with the aim to involve all healthcare professionals involved in ante natal and post natal care.
The project was divided into two sections. Leicestershire PCAG were involved in the first section which aimed to measure the success of Steps 1 and 2 in the ‘Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding’. A report for this section of the project is included below. The second section of the project measured the success of the other eight steps – this involved tracking women from the birth of their babies through to 28 days postpartum to determine the feeding choice mothers were making for their babies