AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 3
By the AIMS Campaigns Team
Written outputs:
15th May: Commented on the consultation on the NICE updated recommendations on caesarean birth maternal request
19th May: Signatory on the letter sent by members of the BFLG-UK to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance raising our concerns about the partnership they have recently entered into with Tommee Tippee.
30th May: Submitted stakeholder comments on draft update of NICE Guideline ‘Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies.’
20th June: Open letter to England’s Second Chief Midwifery Officer
Conferences and meetings attended
2nd & 3rd May: 8th Annual Birth Trauma Summit
4th May: NMPA Clinical Reference Group
17th May: University of Surrey Student Midwives conference
23rd May: RCOG Vaginal Breech Birth conference
25th May: MTP Stakeholder Council meeting online
30th May: RCM NI State of Maternity Services 2023 Report launch
1st-4th June: ENCA Conference in Budapest
12th June: Maternity Continuity Network event
30th June: In person meeting with a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to discuss collaboration with AIMS on the state of maternity services in Northern Ireland.
17th July: Launch of the RCM’s Research prioritisation project
19th July: Joined Make Birth Better to celebrate their 5th Birthday
Throughout the period: attendance at Maternity and Midwifery Hour (online) - every Wednesday, 7-8pm
What we’ve been reading:
Report by the The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman ‘Spotlight on maternity care: your stories, your rights’
Induction of labour at 39 weeks and adverse outcomes in low-risk pregnancies according to ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and parity: A national cohort study in England by Patrick Muller, et al. PLOS Medicine, July 20, 2023
What we’ve been watching:
MBRRACE-UK 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care' Online Course - currently available on YouTube
RCOG and RCM’s “Intrapartum fetal heart monitoring: getting it right”
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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