Hopes for mechanism to allow hospital patients to request reviews by specialists

The Health Minister wants to implement a mechanism in the hospital which would allow patients or their loved ones to request an urgent review by specialists.

Martha's rule allows for a second opinion from a critical care outreach team if their concerns are not allayed. 

The rule is named after Martha Mills, who died in 2021 after developing sepsis, and whose family's concerns about her condition were not adequately addressed. 

Gemma Arias Vasquez was answering questions on Senior Nurse Leader, Fiona Murphy, who, she revealed, was consulting for the GHA at a cost of £750 a day.

Mrs Murphy has been contracted to review nursing practices within the CCU.