Infant Feeding Specialist Clinic

There is a referral care pathway to the Specialist Infant Feeding Service

Any potential feeding problems that are identified by your Health Professional can be referred using the pathway - for example

Antenatal referral

• Breast surgery that may affect feeding or if your baby has been diagnosed with a cleft palate or Down syndrome.

Post natal

• Unresolved cracked nipples,

• Issues with weight gain,

• Recurrent mastitis.

• Recurrent thrush.

• Painful breast feeding not resolved by optimal positioning and attachment techniques.

• Baby with any oral abnormality which is affecting breast feeding e.g Tongue tie - please see attach leaflet

TongueTie leaflet

Referral Letter 

Coc-tr.COCHInfant-Feeding@nhs.net