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
- Southern Sector WHSCT Maternity
Scotland
- NHS Fife Maternity Services
- NHS Tayside Maternity Services
Neonatal
The neonatal services that have achieved the Gold Award are:
- Special Care Baby Unit Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
The Baby Friendly team gives support, encouragement, direction and importantly belief - a belief that it is possible to change lives, not just by increasing breastfeeding rates but also by enhancing the feeding experience and the closeness felt between a mum and her baby.
Sue Henry, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Community
The Health Visiting Services and Children’s centres that have achieved the Gold Award are:
East
- Bedfordshire Community Health
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
East Midlands
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT Health Visiting Service
London
- Central London Community Healthcare (inner boroughs)
- Sutton Health and Care Alliance
North East
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust – County Durham Health Visiting Service
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Child Health Business Unit)
North West
- Blackburn with Darwen Health Visiting Service and Children’s centres
- Lancashire Health Young People and Families Service and Children and Family Wellbeing Service
- Salford Universal 0-10 Children’s Services Health Visiting Service and Children’s Centres
- Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS FT Community Service
West Midlands
- Solihull Healthy Child Programme (0-19 years) Service, South Warwickshire NHS FT
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) – read Humber & East Riding’s case study (pdf) here
- Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust – Community Wellbeing and Mental Health 0-19 Service
- Sheffield City Council Commissioning, Inclusion and Learning Services Family Centres
Northern Ireland
- NHSCT Public Health Nursing Teams, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- Southern Sector, Western 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 10 June 2020.
(Header image courtesy of Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust)
We’re now completely owning, living and breathing the Baby Friendly standards ... we were delighted that 100% of parents surveyed as part of our Gold assessment reported that staff treated them with kindness.
Janet Dalzell, NHS Tayside Health Visitor and Family Nurse Services