Yesterday, Kent County Council (KCC) released its final decision on the planned cuts to breastfeeding support services in the county. The decision was reached after two consultations and a total of 1,294 consultation responses, as well as a petition with almost 5,000 signatures opposing the plans. The proposals were widely […]
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10th February 2018 Dear Councillors, Response to the Infant Feeding Debate 8.2.18 Thank you for inviting us along on Thursday to hear the Council’s response to Anna Le Grange’s petition citing our concerns over the adjustments to Breastfeeding Support Services in Kent. While we are aware that KCC have taken […]
If the current proposals go ahead as Kent County Council suggest in their consultation documents (released October 2017), this will have a wide-ranging impact on the county of Kent. One of the changes we fear is that breastfeeding mothers will need to see their GP for advice, where they are […]
After yesterday’s release of Kent County Council’s second infant feeding consultation, today Keep Kent Breastfeeding campaigners reacted with anger, disappointment and surprise. “There’s simply nothing really different about this consultation” said Tannice Hemming, who created keepkentbreastfeeding.org. “I’m simply stunned that after meeting with the council and putting across our concerns, […]
Friday, August 4th saw the astounding announcement that Kent County Council were shelving their current consultation on infant feeding. The consultation, originally launched on the 18th July, is now planned to be re-launched sometime in September. The plans involved major cuts to the 40 weekly groups currently accessible across all […]
BREAKING NEWS ***Update*** This morning (Monday, 31st July, 9.05am), we have heard from the leader of KCC’s (Paul Carter’s) secretary. He is currently on leave and will answer questions on his return. We have asked for our enquiries to be passed to someone else who *is* available and for Mr […]
LOCAL MUMS FIGHT KENT COUNTY COUNCIL’S PLANS TO CUT VITAL BREASTFEEDING SERVICES WITH NEW CAMPAIGN WEBSITE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KENT UK, Today, KeepKentBreastfeeding.org was launched by Kent mums determined to halt the dramatic cuts to Kent’s breastfeeding services from January 1st 2018. After Kent County Council released their consultation documents […]