48274 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

48274 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter April to June 2024 toward the action ‘Work with the Ministry of Justice and Department of Corrections to review the practicality and implementation of M.03.03 Feeding and bonding facilities and M.03.02 Female and pregnant prisoners Assist with appropriate updates to support national and international best practice, especially in the area of Mothers with Babies Units’ under ‘Outcome 8: Learn how system settings support and protect optimal infant and young child feeding in cases of temporary or sustained parent-child separation’ within the National Breastfeeding Strategy for Aotearoa?

Hon Casey Costello: The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a resource for government, policy makers, stakeholder organisations, public and private health sectors, industry, researchers and academics, iwi, hapū, whānau, and communities to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. It is not an action plan with set activities and timelines. Each outcome represents a short, medium, or long-term goal and as such, activities to meet the desired outcomes will be undertaken by the sector and stakeholders over time.