Merope Mills Merope Mills began her campaign after an inquest found a change of care plan could have saved Martha’s life Almost one out of every eight phone calls made under the Martha’s Rule scheme has led to a potentially life-saving change of treatment, NHS England has revealed. The scheme allows rapidly deteriorating patients and … Read more
Merope Mills An initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second opinion will play a role in “changing the culture of the NHS”, Merope Mills has said. Ms Mills began her campaign for “Martha’s rule” after her daughter Martha, 13, died of sepsis in 2021. Speaking on BBC R4’s Today programme, … Read more
“There’s scope for us to move much more quickly in terms of paediatrics and ensuring, particularly in that area, we adopt quickly… but to do so in a way that’s easy to communicate to patients rather than having lots of different schemes across the country,” Mr Barclay told Today. Source link
Merope Mills, whose daughter’s death was preventable, says she will meet Stephen Barclay this week. Source link
Earlier this week, Martha’s mother, Merope, told Radio 4’s Today programme that her family were not listened to by senior doctors on several occasions during her hospital care and were “not given the full picture” about Martha’s deteriorating condition – leaving them unable to speak up for better treatment. Source link
Ministers will try to make it easier for people to get second medical opinion after teenager’s death. Source link
Martha Mills died just over two years ago after failures by doctors to spot and treat her condition. Source link