Coronavirus and the Maternity Services
AIMS recognises that the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic is placing an extraordinary burden on the NHS and its staff. We pay tribute to all staff, who we… Read more…
AIMS has campaigned for improvements to the maternity services in the UK since 1960. We run national campaigns, support local people with their campaigns and support individual women, birthing people and families via our helpline. AIMS responds to multiple NICE guideline consultations, and has been instrumental in changing both guidance and language to better support women and babies through their maternity journey.
AIMS works towards better births for all by campaigning and information sharing, protecting human rights in childbirth and helping women to know their rights, whatever birth they want, and wherever they want it.
AIMS recognises that the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic is placing an extraordinary burden on the NHS and its staff. We pay tribute to all staff, who we… Read more…
AIMS and our partners in the But Not Maternity Alliance have issued a press release on the nationwide status of maternity restrictions highlighting th… Read more…
AIMS and our partners in the But Not Maternity Alliance and National Maternity Voices organised a webinar for MVP/MSLC representatives. The purpose wa… Read more…
By the AIMS Campaigns Team Last month - on February 22 to be precise - AIMS marked the fifth anniversary of the publication of Better Births. Judging… Read more…
AIMS has responded to the call for evidence to inform the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy 2021 to 2024 Violence Against… Read more…
AIMS has submitted comments on the draft NICE Guideline for Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies. You can read our comments here The details o… Read more…
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) recently launched a public consultation on the draft of a new leaflet which they plan to… Read more…
AIMS has written this week to Jeremy Hunt MP, in his role as chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, as a response to the current discus… Read more…
In many parts of the country, there is now momentum building in favour of the implementation of a relational model of maternity care. This is somethin… Read more…
AIMS has submitted comments on the draft NICE Shared decision making Guideline. You can read our comments here The details of the consultation on the… Read more…
AIMS has submitted comments on the draft update of the NICE Neonatal Infection Guideline. You can read our comments here . The details of the draft gu… Read more…
AIMS has submitted comments on the draft update of the NICE Caesarean Section Guideline You can read our comments here The details of the draft and up… Read more…
AIMS has submitted comments on the draft update of the NICE Postnatal Care Guideline You can read our comments here The details of the draft guideline… Read more…
AIMS, supported by a coalition of campaigning organisations (Birthrights, The BirthBliss Academy, The Birth Trauma Association, The Fatherhood Institu… Read more…
AIMS' statement to the independent investigation into the issues and sequence of events which led to the cessation of community maternity services pro… Read more…
AIMS, as part of a coalition of campaigning organisations including Birthrights, the BirthBliss Academy, the Fatherhood Institute, Make Birth Better a… Read more…
AIMS welcomes the BMJ article www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3876.full highlighting recent research on inconsistencies in Trusts’ restrictions on partne… Read more…
AIMS welcomes the new ' Framework to assist NHS trusts to reintroduce access for partners, visitors and other supporters of pregnant women in English… Read more…
NICE is developing a quality standard relating to FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder). AIMS welcomes the development of this quality standard as we… Read more…
AIMS has had many enquiries about how to find out about, and seek to influence, local service changes during this period. Here we have included severa… Read more…
AIMS' evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee - Safety of Maternitys Services in England In July 2020, the UK Parliament's Health and… Read more…
A prioritisation framework for care in response to COVID-19 Version 2.1: Published Friday 26 June 2020 AIMS has welcomed the RCOG document Restoration… Read more…
AIMS' evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee On April 22, the UK Parliament's Health and Social Care Select Committee opened an inqui… Read more…
AIMS welcomes the recent publication of the RCM Clinical Briefing Sheet: ‘freebirth’ or ‘unassisted childbirth’ during the COVID-19 pandemic ( www.rcm… Read more…
On April 9, the NHS published a 'Clinical guide for the temporary reorganisation of intrapartum maternity care during the coronavirus pandemic'. AIMS… Read more…