Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2015 to Question 10790, who (a) the chair and (b) other members of the National Infant Feeding Steering Group are.

Ben Gummer

There is no fixed chair of the group. It rotates between the Department of Health, UNICEF and Public Health England (PHE).

The members of the group are:

Madeleine Percival – Department of Health

Bridget Halnan – Institute of Health Visitors

Dr Helen Duncan – PHE

Kate Thurland – PHE

Alison Burton – PHE

Francesca Entwhistle – National Infant Feeding Network

Sue Ashmore – UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative

Viv Bennett – PHE

Sue Hatton – Health Education England (HEE)

Lisa Bayliss Pratt – HEE

There is also a representative on the group from the Royal College of Midwives.