Gold Awards and Case Studies

Our Achieving Sustainability (Gold) Award celebrates excellent and sustained practice in the support of infant feeding and parent-infant relationships. Below are the UK services which have achieved Gold, as well as case studies showcasing their journeys and sharing top tips for other services.

You can see the full list of all Baby Friendly accreditation on our awards table.

Maternity

The maternity services that have achieved the Gold Award are:

North West

• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) – read East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s case study (pdf) – the first maternity service to achieve the Gold Award
• Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

South West

• Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

South East

• Epsom & St Helier Hospitals – read Epsom & St Helier’s case study (pdf) – sharing insight into the value of an engaged leadership team
• Royal Surrey County Hospital

Yorkshire & Humber

• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust – Calderdale is the first area in England to achieve Gold across both maternity and health visiting services
• Harrogate District Hospital

Northern Ireland

• Antrim & Causeway Hospital, NHSCT

Community

The community services that have achieved the Gold Award are:

North East

• Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust – County Durham Health Visiting Service
• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Child Health Business Unit)

Yorkshire & Humber

• Leeds Community Healthcare – read Leeds Community Healthcare’s case study (pdf) – showcasing innovative work to encourage multi-generational support of breastfeeding
• Locala PHEYS Supporting families (0-5 Year’s Service) Calderdale – Calderdale is the first area in England to achieve Gold across both maternity and health visiting services
• Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust ISPHNS & East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children’s Centres (joint award)

Northern Ireland

• NHSCT Public Health Nursing Teams, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Scotland

• Argyll & Bute HSCP
• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde:
  • East Dunbartonshire HSCP
  • East Renfrewshire HSCP
  • Inverclyde HSCP
  • North East Glasgow HSCP
  • North West Glasgow HSCP
  • South Sector Glasgow HSCP
  • West Dunbartonshire HSCP
• NHS Tayside HSCP – read NHS Tayside’s case study (pdf) – highlighting the value of putting families at the heart of care, enabling parents to help shape the services.

This page is updated quarterly. Last updated 16 April 2019.

(Header image courtesy of Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust)