What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1

By The AIMS Campaigns Team

Published written outputs:

• 8th November: AIMS Response to the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan Consultation

• 11th November: Comments on NICE draft update on waterbirth submitted

• 12th January: Open letter with ARM and Birthrights concerning the Cahill inquest Prevention of Future Deaths report

Conferences and group meetings attended:

• 4th November: NIHR ARC South London’s event ‘Developing holistic approaches to address inequalities in maternity and perinatal mental health and care’

• 13th & 14th November: AIMS stand at British Intrapartum Care Society’s conference in Belfast

• 20th November: AIMS stand at All Ireland Midwifery Conference in Armagh

• 22nd November: ARM National Winter Meeting

• November - January: Plan-A meetings

• November - January: Regular meetings the National Maternity and Neonatal Collective, and meetings of the Working Group finalising the Collective’s submission to Baroness Amos

• 12th January: NHS England Maternity and Neonatal Programme Stakeholder Council ad-hoc meeting

• 13th January: Henry Smith Foundation roundtable discussion on addressing Maternity Equity

Who we have been liaising with:

• ARM and Birthrights on an open letter

• National Collective on submission to Baroness Amos’ National Maternity and Neonatal inquiry

• NMPA - wrote highlighting our queries and suggestions on their State of the Nation and Induction Audit reports as detailed here

What we have been reading/listening to/watching:

• Cruickshank M.D. et al “What are the influences on women’s preferences and decision-making when planning mode of birth in high-income countries? A qualitative systematic review.” This is the first publication from the Plan-A project for which AIMS was a PPI partner

• Baby lifeline: “Co-Producing Change: Addressing Inequalities in Maternity Care”

• Foley C, McCourt C. and Yuill C. “An exploration of midwives’ perceptions of the Ockenden review: a qualitative study”

• Michelle Quashie "Safety: Self-Determined and Human Rights Compliant"

• Professor Erik Hollnagel “From Safety-I to Safety-II: A White Paper”

• Independent review of Birthrate Plus methodology

• The Buurtzorg Model of Care

• Samuel Todd “Lessons from Call the Midwife for contemporary midwifery practice”

• Report of NMC professionals' survey

Thanks to all the AIMS campaigns volunteers who have made this work possible. We are very keen to expand our campaigns team work, so please do get in touch with campaigns@aims.org.uk if you’d like to help!