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It’s World Breastfeeding week and Lakes District Hospital Maternity Unit is celebrating accreditation by the New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance as a Baby Friendly Facility for the fourth time, showing a commitment to breastfeeding for almost a decade.

Southern DHB has welcomed the Health Select Committee’s decision not to undertake a public inquiry into the transition of the Lumsden Maternity Centre to a maternal and child hub.

A locum midwife will be commencing a role based at the Lumsden hub for the next two weeks, as stakeholders continue to work on longer term support for the LMC midwives in Northern Southland.