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Georgiesmum | 08:49 Tue 12th Nov 2013 | Current Affairs
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What do you think of the idea of new mums in deprived areas being offered £200 in food shopping vouchers if they breastfeed their baby for six months? Surely this money could be better spent. What do you think?
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Tambo...Most mothers 'can' feed.
I raised this point yesterday, but no one answered it....

Would this impact on the Healthy Start vouchers that are currently being paid?
I think as it's just a trial/research they won't have decided that yet, B00 - they'll be seeing if it works at all rather than worrying about what effect it has on other programmes.
B00- this is only a trial for research purposes and is only covering 200 people
Yet again a harebrained scheme dreampt up by by somebody with nothing better to do than think of ways to waste tax payer's money ( like child allowance, which encourages young girls to have babies so that they can get their hands on cash & social housing).

WR.
Yes i know its a trial thingy, but im assuming that if its successful, it'll be rolled out nationwide?
Child allowance encourages people to have children???? Really?? It's about £20 a week. Do you know how much shoes cost? And socks and boxers....PE kits, uniforms, trainers...

And lets not talk about the price of food at the moment.
\\\\The control systems do seem a bit weak, I agree, but maybe the researchers know what they are doing- or maybe they want to ensure a favourable result so they can get more funding for further trials\\\

Excellent point by factor-fiction.
"The pilot scheme is being targeted at deprived areas of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire and funded through a collaboration between government and the medical research sector.

A third area is expected soon with the plan to trial it on 130 women who have babies from now until March.

If successful, a nationwide pilot could be rolled out in England next year"

So yes. But I think they'll leave wondering about interaction with other schemes until they do go global.

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