AIMS statement on the Kirkup Report
AIMS Campaigns team, November 2022 On October 19, 2022, a report was published following an investigation into serious maternity and neonatal service… Read more…
AIMS Campaigns team, November 2022 On October 19, 2022, a report was published following an investigation into serious maternity and neonatal service… Read more…
For this critique we have focused on Chapter 8 of the final Ockenden report 1 , which covered findings about intrapartum care. This chapter is a quali… Read more…
AIMS has written to Therese Coffey MP, welcoming her to the roles of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Deputy Prime Minister commendi… 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…
Key national milestones in the implementation of Better Births’ call for continuity of carer in the maternity services: a resource list By AIMS, Septe… Read more…
In the Stakeholder Council we have a common purpose that focuses on the need for maternity transformation. We do not need to be convinced. Because we… Read more…
As long standing campaigners for improvements in the maternity services, AIMS deeply regrets the long series of failings that have led to the Ockenden… Read more…
10am on Wednesday March 30, 2022: the final Ockenden Report is published. 12.45pm the same day, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Saj… Read more…
Times are incredibly tough across the maternity services in the UK at the moment. AIMS would like to take this opportunity to thank every single membe… Read more…
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…
AIMS is pleased that the majority of our 65 comments have resulted in positive changes in the final NICE Guideline for Inducing Labour which were publ… Read more…
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 supports the Government's ongoing commitment to the implementation of relational care - the Continuity of Carer model of care - in the maternity… Read more…
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 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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…