AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3
By The AIMS Campaigns Team
Published written outputs:
Critique of the ‘Big Baby’ trial
June 25th: Open letter to Wes Streeting about the National Maternity review.
Conferences and group meetings attended:
13th May: Make Birth Better’s 10th Annual Birth Trauma summit
27th May: APG on Women’s Health Meeting & AGM Belfast
29th May: Plan-A team meeting
26th June: Maternity Voices Partnership Stakeholder council meeting
2nd July: Make Birth Better Working Group on National Maternity Inquiry
22nd July: Launch of FiveXMore’s Black Maternity Experiences Report
Who we have been liaising with:
Applied for AIMS to join National Voices, a national coalition for health charities committed to tackling inequalities in health and social care
Liaison meeting with Birthrights about homebirth restriction
What we have been reading/listening to/watching:
Kayode G. et al ‘Disparities in Stillbirths in England: Analysis of A Population-Based Study of 1.3 Million Births’ BJOG 132:8 July 2025
UK Preconception Partnership’s Preconception care toolkit
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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