Theresa May backs campaign for Martha’s rule of second medical opinion

Martha Mills would have turned 16 last week. Former prime minister Theresa May said Martha’s rule ‘might see fewer deaths’. Photograph: Merope Mills

Theresa May has backed the campaign for Martha’s rule in England to make it easier for patients and their families to get a second medical opinion when they believe their concerns are not being taken seriously by medical staff.

The former prime minister said “more needs to be done” and that such a move “might see fewer deaths”.