Quarterly Health Improvement Report
The Strategic Health Authority publishes a quarterly report that shows the
performance of PCTs within the region in improving the health of its population. This report
contains a Child and Maternal Health section which shows performance for
Breast Feeding Initiation, Smoking During Pregnancy and
Childhood Vaccinations.
These reports are available from
www.westmidlands.nhs.uk and are available via the
menu under
Health Improvement
which is under
Reports & Publications
in the site navigation menu.
Breastfeeding initiation and prevalence at 6 to 8 weeks
Statistics on the prevalence of breastfeeding at six to eight weeks are released provided by the Department
of Health on the
Public
health statistics page.