Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals, early data show
Almost one in eight phone calls made to NHS hospitals under the Martha’s rule programme have led to a potentially lifesaving change in a person’s treatment, NHS England has said. Early data from hospital pilot sites show that patients have been urgently transferred to intensive care, received antibiotics, or been given oxygen as a result of hospitals adopting the scheme. Martha’s rule allows patients and families to seek an urgent review if their or their family member’s condition deteriorates and they feel that their concerns are not being responded to. The programme is named after Martha Mills, who died in 2021 …
