Continuity of Carer

ARM National Winter Meeting 2022: Continuity of Carer is the future. An AIMS Perspective
Jo Dagustun, AIMS Volunteer and Campaigns Team Member. This is a tidied up version of a speech that AIMS Volunteer Jo Dagustun, gave at the 2022 Winter Meeting of the Association of Radical Midwives (ARM).

AIMS Campaigns Update, December 2022: Continuity of Carer
As ever, this quarter has been a busy one for AIMS campaigners working on our flagship campaign: the call for a universal relational model of midwifery care to be in place throughout the UK.

AIMS Campaigns Update, October 2022: Continuity of Carer in England
AIMS supports the Government's ongoing commitment to the implementation of relational care - the Continuity of Carer model of care - in the maternity services across England.

Implementing Continuity of Carer in England -- Bringing the woman’s perspective to the fore
Key national milestones in the implementation of Better Births’ call for continuity of carer in the maternity services: a resource list.

AIMS Campaigns Update, December 2021: Continuity of Carer in England
AIMS supports the Government's ongoing commitment to the implementation of relational care - the Continuity of Carer model of care - in the maternity maternity services across England.

Implementing Continuity of Carer in England: What can local Birth Activists do now?
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 something that AIMS has been campaigning for, alongside others, for decades.

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer
Commissioners and providers across England, guided by their MVPs, are working across the country to implement sustainable Continuity of Carer models of care, initially for at least 20% of the women registering for maternity care from March 2019 onwards.

Midwife for Me and My Baby
Join AIMS, NCT, ARM, IMUK, The Birth I Want, Birthrights and others in campaigning for every woman to have a midwife who she can get to know and trust.

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