AIMS has written to Peter May, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Department of Health, Northern Ireland. We express our concerns about the likely impact of the unexpected and unilateral decision by the Department of Health to withdraw the Regional Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) Guideline for Planning to Birth at Home (2019) and the Guidelines and Audit Network (GAIN) Guidelines for Admission to Midwife-led Units (MLUs) in NI (2016, updated 2018).
The letter has been copied to Maria McIlgorm, Chief Nursing Officer, Karen Murray, Director Northern Ireland The Royal College of Midwives and and Northern Ireland's Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Find our letter here.
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