HEE launches breast milk provision e-learning programme

Health Education England (HEE) has worked in partnership with the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, University Southampton Hospitals, Oxford University Hospitals and HEE e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) to develop a resource to improve education and training of all relevant staff in the support of breast milk provision for preterm and sick infants.

The e-learning programme will also enable healthcare professionals to improve breast milk provision rates at discharge from neonatal units.

This resource can be used as a preparatory learning experience and can also be used for performance support by healthcare professionals. The content is split into four main sections-

1. After delivery – what the healthcare professional should know and help the mother to understand before she starts expressing breast milk

2. Starting to express – how to support a mother practically and emotionally as she begins to express

3. Increasing milk supply – how to support mothers to maintain and increase their breast milk supply

4. Resources – access to a set of useful job aids and reference tools.

The programme is available for free via the e-LfH Hub and the Electronic Staff Record.

For more information about and details on how to access the programme, see the website