Human Milk Bank

Our Service

The Western Trust Milk Bank opened in August 2000. Since then it has helped thousands of neonatal babies all over Ireland.

In 2024 the Human Milk Bank provided over 1000 litres of donor breast milk to units across 27 hospitals throughout Ireland.  This precious lifesaving donor milk has helped 783 premature babies, of which 223 were either a twin or a triplet.

Through the generosity of its donors, the milk bank provides very special help for the nation’s most vulnerable babies.

Contact the Human Milk Bank Team on tmb.swah@westerntrust.hscni.net

 

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• Human Milk Bank Information Video

• Human Milk Bank Donor Screening

  Please contact the Human Milk Bank Team on tmb.swah@westerntrust.hscni.net or 02868628333 to receive a Screening Form.

• Donor Expressed Breast Milk Order

  Requests for Donor Expressed Breast Milk should be emailed to the Human Milk Bank no later 18.30 pm each Wednesday for dispatch from the Human Milk Bank on Sunday.

  Requests received after the deadline will not be processed until the following week.

  Please contact the Human Milk Bank Team on tmb.swah@westerntrust.hscni.net or 02868628333 to request a Donor Expressed Breast Milk Order form.

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Locations where this service is delivered

• South West Acute Hospital

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Contacts