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Government to introduce ‘Martha’s rule’ on patient safety in English hospitals

Rule will give patients the right to a second opinion if they believe their concerns are being dismissed by NHS staff

Evening Standard

Government commits to introducing ‘Martha’s rule’ on patient safety

Martha Mills died in 2021 after developing sepsis while under the care of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in south London.

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 Independent UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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 Guardian - AU

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.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Martha’s Rule: boosting patient power could save lives

Editorial: The right to seek a second opinion in hospital, when treatment isn’t working, is in all our interests

The Guardian - UK

Labour will examine NHS weekend working in wake of teenager’s death – Streeting

The shadow health secretary was asked about criticism of weekend staffing levels following the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills.

The Independent UK

Labour backs call for ‘Martha’s rule’ on right to second medical opinion

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says party would back government if it introduced rule in England

The Guardian - UK

Government considering call to implement ‘Martha’s rule’ to boost patient safety

The parents of a girl who died after doctors failed to admit her to intensive care want to make it easier to get a second opinion.

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Martha Mills: Parents of girl who died after NHS mistakes call for new right to get second opinion

Martha Mills died after developing sepsis while under the care of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The Guardian - UK

My daughter Martha died needlessly in hospital – we believe this change would have saved her

Martha’s Rule would give patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion, which could have prevented the unforgivable mistakes made in her case, says journalist Merope Mills

The Independent UK

Bereaved parents call for right to a second opinion after mistakes in NHS care

Martha Mills died after developing sepsis while under the care of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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Parents of girl who died of sepsis in NHS hospital call for right to second medical opinion

Mother of Martha Mills, who died after treatment failures at London hospital, releases report with Demos calling for new policy in England

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The Guardian - UK

Can I forgive myself for my daughter’s death?

Two years after his 13-year-old child died needlessly in hospital, a father reflects on life without her

The Guardian - UK

Martha Mills prize: new award for young writers launched by London Review Bookshop

Prize for writing by 11-14-year-olds inspired by ‘imagination and curiosity’ of Martha, who died in 2021 aged 13

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