Project
Martha's Rule
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Locality:
Wessex
Martha’s Rule provides a consistent and understandable way for patients and families to seek an urgent review if their or their loved one’s condition deteriorates, and they are concerned this is not being responded to. Martha Mills died in 2021 after developing sepsis in hospital. Martha had been admitted with a pancreatic injury after falling off her bike whilst on holiday. Martha’s family concerns about her deteriorating condition were not responded to on several occasions and in 2023 a coroner ruled that Martha would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier. Martha’s mother, Merope Mills, has been active in supporting change.
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