00:00Patients and families in emergency departments will be able to trigger an immediate urgent review
00:06if they're worried a deterioration is not being heard by healthcare staff.
00:11The NHS is expanding Martha's rule to all accident and emergency units,
00:16giving patients, relatives and staff a phone number to seek a second opinion.
00:21The scheme is named after 13-year-old Martha Mills, who died from sepsis at a London hospital.
00:26A coroner later found she probably would have survived with earlier intensive care.
00:32A pilot across seven NHS trusts involved 69 calls with some leading to surgery or intensive care.
00:39The rollout is hoped to be complete by March 2028.
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