Campaigns

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.

Evidence Submission to The House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee

Find submission on UK Parliament webite https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/129150/pdf Introduction AIMS (Association for Improvements in…   Read more…

Parliamentary Inquiry into Birth Trauma: Call for Evidence - AIMS Submission

Introduction to AIMS and why AIMS is making a submission Since 1960, AIMS has been the leading advocate for improvements in UK maternity care. We have…   Read more…

What are the priorities for midwifery and maternity research ?

AIMS is proud to be supporting the RCM's Research Prioritisation project as a Project Partner and with one of our volunteers on the Steering Group www…   Read more…

NICE Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies (update) 2023 - AIMS Comments

AIMS submitted comments on the draft NICE Guideline update on Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies in May 2023. You can read our comments her…   Read more…

Response to the RCOG Consent Advice Guideline Draft – Planned Caesarean Birth

The draft document can be found here General comments: The comments form is online only and cannot be downloaded. This makes it very difficult for con…   Read more…

Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee’s Expert Panel

As part of its non-inquiry work, the Health and Social Care Select Committee have established a panel to conduct an evaluation of the Government's com…   Read more…

AIMS Submission to the Violence Against Women and Girls call for evidence

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…

RCOG Consultation on leaflet - Considering a caesarean birth

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…

Why does the NHS make it so difficult for organisations to partner with it successfully, and how can this be changed?

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 submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry: Safety of maternity services in England

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…

AIMS' evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee: Delivering Core NHS and Care Services during the Pandemic and Beyond

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 Comments on RCM Clinical Briefing Sheet: ‘freebirth’ or ‘unassisted childbirth’ during the COVID-19 pandemic

AIMS welcomes the recent publication of the RCM Clinical Briefing Sheet: ‘freebirth’ or ‘unassisted childbirth’ during the COVID-19 pandemic ( www.rcm…   Read more…

AIMS Response to the NHS Clinical Guide to Trusts on Maternity Service arrangements during the Coronavirus period

On April 9, the NHS published a '​Clinical guide for the temporary reorganisation of intrapartum maternity care during the coronavirus pandemic'. AIMS…   Read more…

RCOG Consultation on leaflets in Assisted Vaginal Birth and Gestational Diabetes

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) recently launched a public consultation on two draft documents they have produced. Both d…   Read more…

AIMS Response to NMC Consultation on Future Strategy 2019

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) plays a key role in the ongoing quality assurance and regulation of the maternity services and its staff. Effe…   Read more…

The Future Midwife Project: An AIMS response to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s consultation

AIMS submitted our response to this consultation on 7 May 2019. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) plays a key role in the ongoing quality assura…   Read more…

AIMS Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women on abuses during facility-based childbirth 2019

Call for submissions: Mistreatment and violence against women during reproductive health care with a focus on childbirth The mandate of the United Nat…   Read more…

"Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation": AIMS' response to a Department of Health consultation Response submitted 23/1/18

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…

Training of Social Workers

TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORKERS Memorandum from The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services to the Select Committee for Children, Schools an…   Read more…

Submission to the Children, Schools and Families Committee on the New Inquiry into Looked after Children

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…

Latest Content

Journal

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Issues of trust led to me becoming…

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Ryan Jones This is a journal article about trust, and it’s also a journal article about my journey to becoming a volunteer at AIMS. I…

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I trust we can change

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Claire Dunn I found myself sitting in the waiting room of a prestigious hospital in West London pondering what lay ahead, for I was on…

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Editorial - Trust and responsibilit…

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Alex Smith Welcome to the September 2024 issue of the AIMS journal. The theme for this quarter explores different aspects of trust enc…

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Events

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AIMS Workshop: Focusing on Rights i…

Join us for another in our new series of interactive online AIMS workshops, " Focusing on Rights in Pregnancy and Birth ". Tickets are available here https://www.ticketta…

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AIMS Workshop: Focus on Resolution

Join us for the an interactive online AIMS workshop " Focus on Resolution " with Dr Rebecca Moore . Tickets are available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aims/12…

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AIMS Workshop: Focusing on Inductio…

Join us for an interactive online AIMS workshop, " Focusing on Induction of Labour ". Tickets are available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aims/1322209 Nadia Hi…

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Latest Campaigns

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NICE Maternal and Child Nutrition S…

AIMS submitted comments on the draft NICE Guideline on Maternal and child nutrition in September 2024. You can read our comments here . The NICE documents can be found he…

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AIMS Letter to Wes Streeting

AIMS has written to Wes Streeting MP, welcoming him to the role of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. We acknowledge his awareness that maternity services are…

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Involving Service User Voices in Ma…

This is an edited version of an invited talk given by Jo Dagustun, AIMS Campaigns Team, to the International Labour and Birth Research Conference UK, 24 - 26 April 2023.…

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