
Merope Mills
Editor, Guardian Saturday Magazine at The Guardian
Editor of the Guardian Saturday magazine & patient safety campaigner
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Oct 25, 2024 |
msn.com | Merope Mills
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Oct 25, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Merope Mills
On the morning of 30 November 2022, Keri-Sue McManus sat down with her three-year-old son, Micah, to watch the TV series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. A preschool animation about a tiger cub, the show sets out to teach life lessons. That day, Keri-Sue chose a specific episode, Daniel Goes to the Hospital, for a reason. She planned to take Micah to hospital and was using the cartoon to reassure him that everything would be OK.
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Oct 8, 2023 |
bmj.com | Merope Mills
Merope Mills, executive editorThe GuardianWhen a patient is deteriorating but no one is listening, Martha’s rule will guarantee a second opinion. Martha’s mother, Merope Mills, calls for doctors and nurses to embrace its implementationMy daughter, Martha Mills, died a few days before her 14th birthday in the summer of 2021. It was a preventable death.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
bmj.com | Merope Mills |Paul Laity
Dear Editor,We thank Geevithan Kumaran for engaging with Martha’s Rule, which is to be implemented across NHS England hospitals in the near future. We are Martha’s parents. A point of fact regarding his response: Martha’s sepsis, as has been documented, wasn't ‘unrecognised’.
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Sep 13, 2023 |
inkl.com | Merope Mills
The rule will give patients, families and carers the chance to easily request a second opinion from senior medics in the same hospital, in the event of a suspected deterioration or serious concern. Ms Mills said: “I met with the Secretary of State for Health yesterday and welcome the news that he will introduce Martha’s rule across NHS England hospitals.
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A WEEK until the deadline for the Martha Mills Young Writers' Prize. Open to 11-14 year olds in the UK. Great prizes & Frank Cottrell-Boyce as judge. Tell your budding teenage writer friends...

Martha Mills Young Writers' Prize announced - this year's guest judge is the Children's Laureate, the wonderful Frank Cottrell-Boyce https://t.co/gTkGQ9OpC9

Research from nearly 200k A&E visits showed parental concern was a better predictor of serious illness than any vital signs like blood pressure, heart rate etc. New study in @TheLancet is further vindication of the value of Martha's Rule 👇 https://t.co/fkXUlCsQPf

RT @archiebland: I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes afte…