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 is pleased to announce the publication of the first of our new position papers. Over the years, AIMS has developed a reputation for taking a posi… Read more…
AIMS supports the Government's ongoing commitment to the implementation of relational care - the Continuity of Carer model of care - in the maternity… 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 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, supported by a coalition of campaigning organisations (Birthrights, The BirthBliss Academy, The Birth Trauma Association, The Fatherhood Institu… 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 new ' Framework to assist NHS trusts to reintroduce access for partners, visitors and other supporters of pregnant women in English… 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…
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…
The Make Birth Better Report was published in April 2020. During Spring/Summer 2019 they spoke to parents and healthcare providers about birth trauma.… Read more…
UN sends strong message to Spain, following a complaint to them from a Spanish mother, that their maternity care system must respect human rights. AIM… Read more…
An article titled " Women in labour being refused epidurals, official inquiry finds " appeared in the Guardian on Tuesday 3rd March. AIMS fully suppor… Read more…
AIMS has responded to the Hull Daily Mail's article entitled, " https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/health/baby-born-bus-stop-shoelace-3571474 ". 26… Read more…
Download PDF Commissioners and providers across England, guided by their MVPs, are working across the country to implement sustainable Continuity of C… Read more…
Sent 9th May 2019 By email ( guardian.readers@theguardian.com ) Dear Sir, I write in response to the opinion piece by Barbara Ellen entitled “Meghan M… 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 threat of imprisonment du… 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…
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…
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…