Summary
The important issue of a patient’s right to a second medical opinion has recently hit the headlines with Martha’s Rule, which relates to the tragic death of 13-year-old Martha Mills in NHS care and the circumstances surrounding this. There is a groundswell of support for Martha’s Rule, with Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay committed to introducing the rule in England. This is excellent news, but development and implementation must not be rushed writes John Tingle, Dr Dita Wickins-Drazilova and Steve Gulati from the University of Birmingham.
No knee jerk implementation of Martha’s Rule (21 September 2023)
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/no-knee-jerk-implementation-of-marthas-rule
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