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Fewer NZ Women Satisfied with Pregnancy Care
Saturday, 11 March 2017, 11:25 pm | Action to Improve Maternity
Media Release Action to Improve Maternity (AIM) – www.aim.org.nz 11-3-12 Fewer NZ Women Satisfied with Pregnancy Care The newly released Health Ministry Maternity Services Consumer Satisfaction Surveys contain several concerning results: More >>
Maternity consumers unsurprised at new midwife risk
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 5:12 pm | Action to Improve Maternity
Associate Professor Beverley Lawton of the University of Otago Women’s Health Research Centre has released a study across more than 230,000 births showing that babies are more likely to die when cared for by newly graduated midwives. More >>
Long awaited Coronial findings critical of midwifery care
Monday, 2 February 2015, 10:54 am | Action to Improve Maternity
Embargoed for Publication until 5am Saturday 31 January 2015 Action to Improve Maternity (AIM) www.aim.org.nz More >>
Births no safer for Kiwi mothers and babies
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 3:14 pm | Action to Improve Maternity
The latest Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) report released yesterday shows New Zealand mothers continue to die in childbirth, with no let-up in the figures since the PMMRC starting analysing data seven years ago. More >>
Coroner's Findings Released in Baby Death
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 9:35 am | Action to Improve Maternity
The consumer support network Action to Improve Maternity extends its condolences to the family at the centre of Coroner Devonport’s findings released in Hastings today. We offer our support to the family, including potential (ACC) assistance with ... More >>
No ‘Cascade of Intervention’ in Scottish births
Monday, 14 May 2012, 9:53 am | Action to Improve Maternity
A study of the birth records of 1.2 million women in Scotland showed that induction of labour resulted in fewer babies dying without appreciably increasing caesarean section rates, compared with those births not induced. More >>
Fewer NZ Women Satisfied with Pregnancy Care
Sunday, 11 March 2012, 11:26 am | Action to Improve Maternity
Media Release Action to Improve Maternity (AIM) – www.aim.org.nz 11-3-12 Fewer NZ Women Satisfied with Pregnancy Care The newly released Health Ministry Maternity Services Consumer Satisfaction Surveys contain several concerning results: More >>
More Deaths and Injuries Predicted
Monday, 22 August 2011, 4:23 pm | Action to Improve Maternity
The maternity consumer network AIM has called into question the referral guidelines recently released by the Health Ministry, as being potentially unsafe and dangerous. These referral guidelines indicate when Lead Maternity Carers (primarily midwives) ... More >>
