A completed questionnaire was received from directors
of public health or their representatives in all 14
health boards. Table 1 shows the sources of advice used
by the health boards in formulating their targets and
the groups involved in consultation about the targets,
and table 2 shows the breast feeding data they used.
All health boards established breast feeding targets
within six months of receiving the Management
Executive letter on breast feeding targets. Before then
only five health boards had had breast feeding targets.
Nine health boards adopted the national target
proposed by the Management Executive, with four of