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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 · Feb 21, 2024

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 · Nov 2, 2023

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 · Sep 14, 2023

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 · Sep 12, 2023

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 · Sep 11, 2023

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 · Sep 8, 2023

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 · Sep 8, 2023

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 · Sep 6, 2023

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 · Sep 5, 2023

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 · Sep 5, 2023