Mother hopes Martha’s rule will ‘upend hierarchy’ on

Campaigner calls for mutual respect between patients and doctors, as 143 NHS sites sign up to rapid review scheme

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died of sepsis has said she hopes Martha’s rule, which gives patients and their families the right to a second medical opinion, will “upend” the “hierarchy” on hospital wards.

Merope Mills, who campaigned with her husband, Paul Laity, to give families more say regarding care following the death of their daughter Martha, also called for a “mutual respect” between patients and doctors.