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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

Evening Standard

‘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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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 Guardian - 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

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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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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

Tuesday briefing: With no end in sight, Ukraine reckons with trauma, triumph – and the path ahead

In today’s newsletter: After 18 months of brutal fighting, the country has stunned the world with its warcraft, even as our foreign correspondent details the mood among citizens, reports of corruption and prospects for peace talks

The Guardian - UK

‘Martha’s rule’: ministers consider law to give right to second medical opinion

Mother of girl who died after hospital failed to admit her to intensive care says policy would make it easier for patients and families to seek advice from senior doctor

The Independent 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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