GPIFN Aims

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The following are the aims of The GP Infant Feeding Network (UK), developed as a collaboration by members:

To prioritise the physical and mental health of mother and baby and safe infant feeding in associated consultations
To promote healthy infant feeding practices
To compassionately support families to make their own personal decision about feeding method for their child based on evaluation of robust evidence, unbiased by commercial interest
To support the rights of the mother-baby dyad to breastfeed
To support mothers who wish to breastfeed to achieve their personal breastfeeding goals
To increase GP and primary care staff awareness and medical knowledge of issues relating to infant feeding
To encourage multidisciplinary working between primary care professionals, professionals working in the field of infant feeding and community support groups
To share knowledge with the above mentioned colleagues, with the goal of improving health outcomes for all mothers and infants, public health, and each family’s perinatal experience
To promote the work of not-for-profit organisations which share our aims
To contribute to producing a society in which breastfeeding is normalised, protected and well supported by the healthcare system and its staff

The GP Infant Feeding Network (UK)