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Breastfeeding rates | Constitutional change | Chris Packham’s dog | Oblique invitation | Jimmy GabrielThe Royal College of Midwives has focused on the wrong issue (Breastfeeding: woman’s choice must be respected, midwives told, 12 June). The real question is why the UK has “one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world”. The concern is that its latest pronouncement, which does not adequately address the problem, may lead to even lower rates.
Professor Stephen Kennedy