Pippa Atkinson, SCPHN, IBCLC
iHV Expert Adviser: Infant Feeding
Pippa Atkinson is a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She works as a Health Visiting lecturer at the University of Lancashire where she is also the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Lead for Health Visiting. Pippa has recently completed a PhD which was funded by a National Institute of Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration Northwest Coast (NIHR ARC NWC) studentship. For her empirical research, she undertook a narrative study to explore how women from different socio-economic backgrounds experience infant feeding care from UNICEF UK BFI Gold accredited midwifery and health visiting services.
