Article: Breast milk bank boost for premature babies.

Byline: Beezy Marsh

A NATIONAL breast milk bank is to be set up to give thousands of babies the best start in life.

The Department of Health has ordered its clinical watchdog NICE to draw up guidance on the safety and running of donor milk banks.

When it reports next year it is expected to recommend that the new service be run according to strict safety procedures similar to those of the National Blood Service.

Britain has 17 donor breast milk banks run by NHS hospital trusts working with a specialist charity.

But because they are run by separate trusts it is feared safety standards may vary between individual hospitals.

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