Following the merger, the NCT has launched a new initiative called the Baby Cafe Local, which will differ from the original network because it will not require an NHS employee to run the sessions.
Baby Cafe Local aims to provide breastfeeding information in a relaxed environment where mothers can talk and learn about breastfeeding from qualified practitioners and each other.
On Friday, the first two Baby Cafe Local groups opened their doors to mothers in Colburn, North Yorkshire, and Hertsmere, Hertfordshire.
The first Baby Cafe was launched in 2000, when lactation consultants Catherine Pardoe and Julie Williams set up and ran a drop-in centre for breastfeeding mothers in West Sussex within the local NHS Trust, with funding from the Department of Health. After receiving many enquiries from health professionals and mothers in other areas of the country they set up the Baby Cafe Professionals' Information Pack, which gave a step-by-step guide to applying for, setting up, running and evaluating a Baby Cafe drop-in centre.
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