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The AIMS Journal spearheads discussions about change and development in the maternity services. It is highly regarded both by parents - who find it an excellent source of information and support - and by workers in maternity care.

AIMS Journal articles published in this section go back to 1990, offering an important historical record of maternity issues over the past 30 years. Please check the date of the article because the situation that it discusses may have changed since it was published. We are also very aware that the language used in many articles may not be the language that AIMS would use today.

Further the following pages give access to articles from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
https://www.aims.org.uk/general/1960
https://www.aims.org.uk/general/1970
https://www.aims.org.uk/general/1980

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Extracts from {Title} are ©AIMS. The book is available from shop.aims.org.uk. AIMS is a charity which works towards better births for all by campaigning and information sharing, protecting human rights in childbirth and helping maternity service users to know their rights, whatever birth they want, and wherever they want it. See www.aims.org.uk

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Pregnancy and hearing: Did you know…

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Did you know that one in three pregnant women develop tinnitus compared with one in ten who are not pregnant? Tinnitus is the sensation o…

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Editorial: Hello and welcome. How a…

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Alex Smith Welcome to the December 2024 edition of the AIMS journal. The theme for this quarter considers the experience of care for d…

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Welcome to the Deaf Community – a l…

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By a hearing mother of a deaf baby Sat in the hospital ward, I snapped a cute picture on my phone of my tiny little newborn wearing a hea…

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Events

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AIMS Workshop: Focusing on Inductio…

Join us for the an interactive online AIMS workshops, " Focusing on Induction of Labour ". Tickets available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aims/1285336 Nadia H…

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UK Perinatal virtual conference

Ten years of MBRRACE-UK reporting: looking back, looking ahead MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry into the care of migrant women with language difficulties Nationa…

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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 available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aims/1285321…

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Latest Campaigns

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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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Birth Trauma Inquiry Open Letter in…

We write this letter in response to the recently published APPG Report on Birth Trauma which can be found here The report was extremely moving and we honour the brave con…

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