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Martha’s rule having ‘transformative effect’, NHS England data shows

Mother of girl who died in 2021 reveals figures on Today programme that are welcomed by national medical director

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: ‘There are massacres everywhere’: what has happened since Rafah was struck?

In today’s newsletter: World leaders condemn strike on refugee camp that killed at least 45 people. Who were the victims and how will the conflict unfold from here?

The Guardian - UK

Martha’s rule to be rolled out in 143 NHS hospitals in England

Initiative will enable urgent second opinion and review of care of patients whose condition is deteriorating

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What is sepsis, who is at risk and how can it be treated?

As Tory MP Craig Mackinlay reveals the amputation of his hands and feet after a sepsis diagnosis, we look at prevention and treatments

The Guardian - UK

Boy, 3, would have survived sepsis with quick hospital referral

Isaac Onyeka, from Loughton, became unresponsive at home after contracting a Strep A infection which led to sepsis

Evening Standard

NHS to roll out 'Martha's Rule' from April, giving patients and families the right to an urgent second opinion

The head of the NHS has announced plans to roll out a new system across England that will give seriously ill patients and their families access to a second opinion if their condition worsens

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Martha’s Rule to be rolled out by NHS from April in boost to patients

Families to be given access to second medical opinion after teenager’s sepsis death

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‘Martha’s rule’ granting urgent second opinion to be adopted in 100 English hospitals

Initiative before national rollout will allow review of care for patients whose condition is deteriorating

The Guardian - UK

NHS introduces new warning system to stop ‘avoidable’ child deaths

Care will be escalated regardless of other clinical observations if a parent raises alarm over a child’s health under the new standard.

The Independent UK

Martha’s rule must be available 24/7, England’s patient safety commissioner says

Patients and relatives must be able to request second opinion from critical care team at any time of day or night, government told

The Guardian - UK

Sepsis killing too many as lessons not learned, warns NHS watchdog

Damning report by health service ombudsman says hospitals must make urgent improvements to avoid more fatalities

The Guardian - UK

Father says Martha’s rule would have saved life of son who died at London hospital

Coroner’s office opening investigation into treatment of Balram Patel, who died at St Thomas’ after his lungs were flooded

The Guardian - UK

Sepsis screening tools ‘inadequate’, researchers say

There are about 123,000 cases of sepsis each year in England.

The Independent UK

A doctor’s view: Martha’s rule should be a last resort when other systems fail

It is a warning sign that the hospital’s safety policies haven’t worked, says a consultant anaesthetist

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Martha’s rule: what it will mean for patients and their families

Patients in hospitals in England and their families would have the legal right to a second opinion

The Independent UK

Health secretary backs Martha’s rule giving right to second medical opinion

Steve Barclay said ministers are ‘committed’ to implementing the rule, insisting the case for it is ‘compelling’

The Guardian - UK

Government backs Martha’s rule on right to second medical opinion in England

Announcement follows campaign by parents of Martha Mills, 13, who died in hospital after developing sepsis

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Theresa May backs campaign for Martha’s rule of second medical opinion

Ex-PM says legislation could make it easier for patients’ and families’ concerns to be taken more seriously

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Doctors’ default position should be to rule out sepsis – Jason Watkins

Watkins and his wife Clara lost their two-year-old daughter to sepsis.

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How the death of Martha Mills sparked a movement for change

In today’s newsletter: After their daughter’s death in an NHS hospital, Martha Mills’s parents want to introduce a right to a second opinion

The Guardian - UK

Martha’s Rule may help save lives in the future

Letters: Readers respond to articles by Merope Mills and Paul Laity on the preventable death of their daughter Martha, and their campaign for change within the NHS

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Inquest finds ‘gross’ failures in care of UK student who died after rugby injury

Maddy Lawrence waited more than five hours in agony on pitch for ambulance and then developed sepsis in Bristol hospital

The Guardian - AU

Ryan’s rule: the Australian right to a second medical opinion that may soon be saving lives in England

Protocol entitling relatives to ask for a senior clinician if they are unhappy with hospital treatment emerged from tragedy and has been invoked thousands of times

The Conversation

Martha’s rule: second-opinion law can work – but only if organisational shortcomings are addressed

As things stand, hospital patients in England have no legal right to a second medical opinion. But that could soon change, as a campaign to give patients formal entitlement to an urgent second opinion is gathering momentum and gaining support from key figures, including those in government as well as…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Martha Mills’s death shows there’s a deep-rooted problem lurking in the NHS — groupthink

Listen to the patient, [they are] telling you the diagnosis”. So said William Osler, the “father of modern medicine”. It is a rule that is not always followed.

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