AIMS IrelandAIMS Ireland call to action to end Maternity Care Restrictions
For the last 14 months AIMS Ireland have been requesting that maternity care restrictions which separate a labouring person from their support partner cease. There has never been any transparent publicly available risk assessment to prove that separating… Read More
AIMS Ireland receives response from HSE on ban of birth partners in Regional Hospital Mulingar
** COVID 19 – HOSPITAL POLICIES Update** We received this response from the Department of Health and the Office of the National Women & Infants Health Programme at 13.09 today April 1st, 2020 “With regard to partners being… Read More
Women don’t give birth like robots – The Late Late Show gets it wrong
On the 10th May 2019 RTE s Late Late Show chose to air a piece in which a dummy (woman) was laid supine on a bed with her entire lower half exposed to the nation whilst she was… Read More
Philomena Canning Independent Midwife still waiting for HSE settlement
February 21st 2019 For immediate release Contact Krysia Lynch 0877543751Email: Chair@aimsireland.com pr@aimsireland.comhttp://www.aimsireland.ie The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland (AIMSI) calls upon Minister Simon Harris to expedite the outstanding settlement between Independent Midwife Philomena Canning and the HSE. On… Read More
Abortion care and clinical governance in Ireland
In light of the recent debate in the Dail that a current patient of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital was denied treatment for a clinically diagnosed Fatal Foetal pregnancy by the Board of Guardians and Directors,… Read More
Abortion Service in Ireland
The latest information on the provision of abortion services in Ireland starting on the 1st January 2019
Patient Information on free safe legal abortion in Ireland
From the 1st January 2019 women, pregnant people and girls will be able to avail of free, safe legal abortion services in Ireland. Since the referendum result was announced on the 26th of May 2018, AIMS Ireland have been… Read More
Portiuncula Hospital Report: Multiple Failures in maternity care
Press Release. Portiuncula Report another blow for confidence in women’s health care in Ireland AIMS Ireland calls for Mandatory Open Disclosure Figures on mandatory training of HCPs in maternity services Geographical equality for service users Less heel-dragging on… Read More
Removing the 8th amendment: How it will affect those seeking abortion out of Ireland
We don’t know exactly how many women travel abroad to access abortion services. We know the number of women who access abortion services in the UK and give Irish addresses. We also know that women from Ireland travel… Read More
Removing the 8th amendment : How it will affect medical abortion | AIMS Ireland
Medical abortion is where a pregnancy is ended with the two drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. The drugs come in the form of pills and are taken one to three days apart. This first medicine mifepristone block the hormones… Read More