Plunket statistics show breastfeeding at 19 year high

Plunket’s latest figures on breastfeeding, released ahead of World Breastfeeding week, show New Zealand’s breastfeeding rates for 2011 and 2012 are the highest they’ve been in 19 years. Plunket clinical advisor Marianne Grant says that the figures are great news for New Zealand. “Breastfeeding rates in New Zealand are definitely improving.

Tags: breastfeeding World Breastfeeding Week Big Latch On 1 comments 30 July 2012

Kmart supports Plunket’s Car Seat Service

Plunket’s Car Seat Service/what-we-do/what-we-offer/car-seats/will get a funding boost this week when Kmart[http://www. kmart. co.

Plunket supports extended Paid Parental Leave legislation

Proposed legislation to extend Paid Parental Leave to 6 months has the full support of New Zealand’s largest provider of services to support the health and wellbeing of children under five.   Plunket Manager of Service Development, Helen Connors, says Plunket recommends six months paid parental leave to give every child born in New Zealand the best start in life. “We firmly believe Sue Moroney’s Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill deserves the opportunity to be debated through the parliamentary legislative process.

Tags: legislation parental leave paid leave parent leave community parliament 1 comments 26 July 2012

Plunket welcomes Select Committee inquiry into preventing child abuse

New Zealand’s largest provider of services to support the wellbeing of children under five welcomes the Health Select Committee’s current inquiry into preventing child abuse and improving children's health outcomes. The purpose of the inquiry is to find what practical health and social interventions can be made from before birth until three years of age. In a joint oral submission to the Select Committee today, with advocacy coalition Every Child Counts, Plunket encouraged all political parties to have an investment approach to children.

Tags: Advocacy health select committee child abuse government politics Jenny Prince every child counts 0 comments 12 July 2012

Car seats save lives in Otago

The importance of children’s car seats has been powerfully demonstrated in Otago after a recent spate of accidents in the region. “It’s great to see restraints being used. They have definitely done their job in these cases”, says Sue Campbell, Plunket’s National Child Safety Advisor.

Tags: Sue Campbell Safety Car seats 0 comments 2 July 2012