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Martha Mills was 13 when she died following failings in her care

More than 1,700 calls have been made by NHS staff in England to Martha's Rule helplines to flag concerns about patient care, new figures show.

The helplines were set up after a campaign by the parents of 13-year-old Martha Mills who died after serious failings in her care.

The NHS is expanding the availability of the helplines across England.

Martha Mills, died at King's College Hospital in London in 2021 after developing sepsis. Her family's concerns were not listened to.

In 2022, a coroner ruled Martha would probably have survived if she had been transferred earlier to intensive care and given appropriate treatment

Speak up

Martha's Rule encourages families, carers and patients to speak up if they notice changes in a patient's condition and to seek an urgent review from a critical care team if their health is deteriorating and concerns are not being listened to.

Under the scheme, clinicians also record daily insights about a…