AIMS Letter to Wes Streeting to welcome announcement of a National Maternity Review

AIMS has written to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to welcome his announcement of a National Maternity Review, offer our support for the process and share our thoughts on what we think the review should be trying to achieve.

Please find our letter here


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