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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 4d

As a coda, one of the things that's stuck with me from @paullaity.bsky.social's recent piece in @lrb.co.uk was this: 'any idea of restorative justice depends on an acceptance of responsibility'. I think this has to be the first step in improving maternity care and I've seen little evidence for it.8/

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 9d

‘All doctors get things wrong. What matters hugely to families in our position is that they have the courage and humility to admit to these mistakes. If they do, it transforms the way you feel about a clinician.’

@paullaity.bsky.social on his daughter Martha’s death: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Paul Laity · After Martha

For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · 13d

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025: the Winners! www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025: the Winners! | London Review Bookshop

In this third year of the prize, we were again overwhelmed with the number of entries. And the overall standard remained very high, which made the judging terribly…

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · 21d

'Welcome to my last four years.' A search for accountability and a full, detailed explanation for Martha's death . . . www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Paul Laity · After Martha

For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Helen Haskell @hhask.bsky.social · Sep 4

Martha's rule rolled out to all acute hospitals in England www.bbc.com/news/article...

Martha's rule rolled out to all acute hospitals in England

Hundreds of patients have been helped by rule, which makes it easier to get an urgent second opinion.

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Aug 21

A terrific piece www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thomas Jones · Lunch with Mussolini: Ferrari Speeds Ahead

I’d been told in no uncertain terms at the ‘technical briefing’, even if you think you’re a good driver, even if...

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · May 30

Deadline a week today.
The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 | London Review Bookshop

The London Review Bookshop is proud to announce the third year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the…

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · May 19

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Senior doctor accused of failures in case that gave rise to Martha’s rule

Prof Richard Thompson accused of wrongly failing to escalate care of Martha Mills, 13, before she died of sepsis

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Apr 20

‘Detecting deterioration’: the new Martha’s Rule branding, which we hope will be used in all the 143 hospital sites involved in the implementation.

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Mar 26

Hugely entertaining

Kippers and Champagne www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Daniel Cohen · Kippers and Champagne: Barclay and Barclay

The story of the Barclay brothers’ rise is ‘the story of modern Britain’, and they were certainly creatures of the...

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · Mar 13

We’re delighted to welcome as this year’s guest judge @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, , the Children’s Laureate and author of much-loved books including Cosmic, Framed and Millions!

Find out more about Martha, the prize and how to enter here: lrb.me/1m3

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 | London Review Bookshop

The London Review Bookshop is proud to announce the third year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the…

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Mar 13

Calling 11-14 year-olds in the UK. Please spread the word.
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 | London Review Bookshop

The London Review Bookshop is proud to announce the third year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the…

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Mar 11

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Helen Sullivan · Diary: Trapped in the Mine

Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries stopped...

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Mar 2

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

‘After my baby died, NHS colleagues mocked me’

A doctor who worked at the scandal-hit Nottingham University Hospitals Trust fought for the truth — and learnt his daughter’s body was left to decompose

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Feb 26

“We seek only the truth. It is not a witch hunt. But those who failed to do their jobs properly should hold their hands up and provide full candour and be held to account for their actions.” www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

Families of Nottingham stabbing victims demand answers from investigation

Relatives of those killed say that the independent police investigation is stonewalling their questions relating to discrepancies in an officer’s statement

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Feb 26

‘The inquiry also heard in December that government departments had been slow to provide details, explaining this was owing to the way documents were stored, and changes of staff.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Feb 23

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Surgeons accused of racism, bullying and toxic power struggle

An investigation into the facial trauma unit at Barts Health NHS Trust says a corrosive culture of competition and bigotry led to patients being harmed

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Feb 21

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NHS failings and lawyers have destroyed memories of our baby, say parents

After a two-week inquest into the death of their son Ben in 2015, Jenny and Allyn Condon say the pain is even worse

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Annie G @anniegoss.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year people on Bluesky!
I’ve been thinking on some of the most impactful campaigns of 2024. In my view ‘Martha’s rule’ - the campaign for the opportunity to request a review of a hospital care plan was extraordinary.
Hoping it’s rolled out everywhere in 2025.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mother behind Martha's Rule shares scheme's early success - BBC News

Merope Mills began her campaign after an inquest found a change of hospital care plan could have saved her daughter's life.

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Dec 17

From UK Doctors Reddit on new Martha’s Rule data: “we did have a child’s mother ring the line resulting in a life saving procedure from a specialist that would almost certainly not have happened in time otherwise. I was quite cynical about it all, but in this case it worked exactly as intended.”

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Dec 17

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Martha’s rule having ‘transformative effect’, NHS England data shows

Mother of girl who died in 2021 reveals figures on Today programme that are welcomed by national medical director

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Dec 17

Thanks so much, Simon.

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · Nov 26

A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.

Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due

The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

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Auntie Jellyfish @auntiejellyfish.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Left Book Club Anthology @paullaity.bsky.social Boy is it eerie! And @nigelslater.bsky.social A Thousand Feasts for the joy.

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · Dec 20

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