AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2
By the AIMS Campaigns Team
Written outputs:
5th February: AIMS Submission to the Birth Trauma APPG
1st March: comments on BESt UK survey wording
6th March: Letter of support to Stella Creasy MP, who was referred to Children’s Services by a online troll and was unable to get the referral removed.
March: AIMS Submission to the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee
Conferences and meetings attended:
2nd February: BESt UK information meeting, online
5th February & 18th March: RCM Research Prioritisation project steering group meeting, online
6th February: London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2024
14th March: NHS-E Stakeholder Council away day
19th March: Bradford/Airedale MNVP meeting on women’s experience of induction
20th March & 4th April: Plan-A Study PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) partners meeting
21st March: Continuity of Carer huddle: this is a sub-group of the AIMS Campaigns Team
22nd-24th March: Doula UK Conference
9th April: All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2024 in Dublin
12th-14th April: ENCA meeting online sessions
23rd April: Charities and Service Users Maternity Continuity Network meeting
Who we have been corresponding with:
25th March: Visiting midwives from Japan
17th April: Northern Ireland Nothing About Us Without Us (NAUWU) - Women’s Health Strategy questionnaire
20th April: ENCA annual meeting blended session
What we’ve been reading:
First 1001 Days Manifesto for Babies - A Manifesto for Babies is published by the First 1001 Days Movement – a coalition of over 200 charities and professionals who believe that babies’ emotional wellbeing and development matters.
What we’ve been watching:
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!
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