Media Release April 2017
Worried about medications in your breastmilk?
Visit a Breastfeeding Friendly Pharmacy
Pharmacists are often the most accessible medication expert for families, and they are in the prime position to help
women to continue to breastfeed even if they need to take medications. The health promotion team at WellSouth has been
working on a Breastfeeding Friendly Pharmacy project to help mothers and whānau identify pharmacies who:
• Have staff who complete breastfeeding professional development.
• Promote community breastfeeding services.
• Have put signage on display encouraging women and whānau to tell pharmacy staff they are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Have adopted and implemented workplace policies to ensure staff protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
“Forty five pharmacies in Otago and Southland have signed up to the project,” said Paula Randall, Health Promotion Team
Leader.
“We would like to commend the pharmacies in Otago and Southland who have completed their Breastfeeding Friendly
Accreditation so far,” she said.
Accredited Pharmacies;
Dunedin
• Anderson’s Exchange Pharmacy
• Green Island Boutique Pharmacy (Shweta pictured with their certificate)
• Larson’s Pharmacy
• Antidote Pharmacies
Oamaru
• Northend Pharmacy
Southland
• Unichem Mills Pharmacy
• Baillie and Lewis Pharmacy
• Quins Unichem Gore Pharmacy
• Sylvan Bank Pharmacy
Central Otago
• Queenstown Pharmacy
• Cromwell Pharmacy
• Maniototo Pharmacy
• Unichem Alexandra Pharmacy and Bookshop
Ends
Read our recent publication in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health ‘Early View’ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.12633/full. Once the journal has come out in hard copy this article
will be freely viewable online.