Press Release: Jeremy Hunt announces 2,000 more midwives?
AIMS is delighted that the Government has recognised the importance to the safety of women and babies of the continuity of carer model of midwifery. H… 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 is delighted that the Government has recognised the importance to the safety of women and babies of the continuity of carer model of midwifery. H… Read more…
28 th June 2018 "This act of clemency is about more than me. It is an acknowledgement of liberty in giving birth. It is a recognition by the state tha… Read more…
Dr. Ágnes Geréb is a Hungarian obstetrician and midwife who has been fighting for her freedom following her house arrest and thret of imprisonment due… Read more…
AIMS submitted our response to this consultation on the 23 January 2018. A number of regulators, including the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Prof… Read more…
Join AIMS, NCT, ARM, IMUK, The Birth I Want, Birthrights and others in campaigning for: We want every woman to have a midwife who she can get to know… Read more…
It is frustrating when we are unable to help many of the parents who have contacted us about their problems with the current child protection system.… Read more…
TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORKERS Memorandum from The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services to the Select Committee for Children, Schools an… Read more…
If you or someone you know has recently had a baby and struggled to get support for a planned homebirth, then please consider raising the profile of t… Read more…
Understanding the situation Since 2002, Independent Midwives (IMs) have been unable to obtain profession indemnity insurance (PII). The last insurer w… Read more…
SUMMARY As a UK-wide pressure group covering maternity care with nearly 50 years experience, we are particularly interested in the problems of babies… Read more…
AIMS Journal 2017 Vol 29 No 2 Celebrating Continuity: One Year On Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, April 8th 2017 Jo Dagustun reports This collaborativ… Read more…
Beverley Lawrence Beech At an AIMS AGM it is customary for the Chair to give an account of the activities of the Committee during the year. I am not g… Read more…
Summary of the AIMS Critique of 'The London Project: A confidential enquiry into a series of term babies born in an unexpectedly poor condition' by th… Read more…
The NHS could save women from unnecessary damage and cut costs if more women were given a real option of having their baby in a midwife unit or at hom… Read more…
Understanding the situation Since 2002, Independent Midwives (IMs) have been unable to obtain profession indemnity insurance (PII). The last insurer w… Read more…