Changes to Health Visiting Service-led breastfeeding support groups

23 July 2024

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Health Visiting Service has made some changes to its breastfeeding support groups to provide more targeted and equitable support.

As a Health Board, we are proud to support the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and these changes will support more women experiencing complex breastfeeding issues to receive support from the Infant Specialist Feeding Team on a 1:1 basis at home or at the Infant Specialist Breastfeeding Clinic.

To build on the model successfully implemented in other groups, the Dinas Powys Breastfeeding Support Group will be supported by a mix of trained healthcare professionals from across Health Visiting Service from 2nd September 2024. This includes community staff nurses and community nursery nurses who are skilled in identifying feeding concerns.

Due to low attendance, the Health Visiting Service has discontinued support at the Cardiff Bay Breastfeeding Support Group on the corner of Corporation Road/Avondale Road. Women requiring additional support can attend other Health Visiting Service-led support groups or peer support groups. For more information about support groups in Cardiff and the Vale, click here.

Additionally, women can contact their health visitor for advice and support. Women requiring specialist support will be referred into the Infant Specialist Feeding Team which runs a weekly clinic and offers home visits.

More information about Health Visiting Service-led groups and clinics can be found below.

Cardiff North Breastfeeding Support Group
St Mark’s Evangelical Church, North Road, CF14 3BL
Thursday, 10am to 12pm
Barry and Vale Breastfeeding Support Group
Flying Start Family Centre, Gladstone Road, CF63 1NH
Wednesday, 10am to 12pm
Dinas Powys Breastfeeding Support Group
Dinas Powys Community Library, Fairoaks, The Murch, CF64 4QN
Monday, 10am to 12pm (excluding bank holidays

Specialist Support

Women can contact their health visitor for advice and support. Women requiring specialist support will be referred to the Infant Specialist Feeding Team which runs a weekly clinic and offers home visits. If you are referred to the Health Visiting Service’s Infant Specialist Feeding Team, you may be offered a home visit or given an appointment at the Infant Specialist Breastfeeding Clinic.

Maelfa Wellbeing Hub, Roundwood, Llanederyn, CF23 9PF
Wednesday, 1pm to 4pm

For information about all breastfeeding support groups and specialist clinics and peer support groups, please click here.