About Breastfeeding Matters

Welcome to my website.

My name is Lynn Timms and having provided infant feeding support and tongue-tie release to over 2,000 families and provided tongue-tie and infant feeding training for professional colleagues, I am now offering mentoring services only.

I am a fully qualified International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and a Registered Nurse, Registered Health Visitor, a member of the Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) and the Association of Tongue-tie Practitioners (ATP). You can find more detailed information about my training, qualifications and background on the About Me page.

Professional Indemnity Insurance from 01-03-2024 is provided by Markel (UK) Ltd.


Breastfeeding Matters Privacy Notice

In accordance with the Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR May 2018) steps, Breastfeeding Matters has improved the handling of the information you have shared with me during previous consultations, BFM group attendances, Indian Head Massage sessions and new training ventures.

Please visit Privacy Notice page for more info

Member of the Association of Tongue-tie Practotioners



Care Quality Commission

Breastfeeding Matters regulated by the CQC

Breastfeeding Matters is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) the independent regulator of health and social care in England. It ensures health and social care services are safe, of a high-quality, effective, compassionate, and meet legal standards. Use this link to visit the CQC website.
On 18/10/2022 Lynn and Breastfeeding Matters received an unannounced inspection from the Care Quality Commission during an NHS session training a health professional colleague in infant feeding, tongue-tie assessment and the frenulotomy procedure (tongue-tie release). The CQC have rated the services at Breastfeeding Matters as 'Good' with details and full report available on their website here.

Contact me about your mentoring or supervision requirements

If you have any questions or queries at all please do feel free to ring or email me:
Telephone: 07851 069146
Email: bfeedingmatters@yahoo.co.uk

Please bear in mind that I might be in another meeting when you ring and may therefore be unable to answer your call immediately. So please leave a message including your name and telephone number and I will return your call as soon as I can, thank you for your understanding.




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