Announcing the winners of this year’s Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize........ 🥁🥁🥁 lrb.me/qr3

We had over 1000 entries to the Martha Mills Young Writers' Prize & are so pleased to announce the winners. Thanks to all those who took part, the teachers who encouraged them - and to our fellow judge Philip Pullman who has been an inspiration to so many londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2024/sept…

An important keynote session opening #HSJpatientsafety Congress 2024... Merope, Aidan & John Welch @ulch are discussing how we evolve culture and overcome complexity to effectively embed Martha’s Rule to reduce avoidable harm

Will this apply to NHS trust lawyers both in-house and external? One of the biggest sources of cover-up behaviour, destruction of evidence and the misleading of coroners and other investigations? #patientsafety

“This is exactly the kind of vapid doublespeak that rots the NHS from the inside out.” My piece on the anonymous NHS ‘senior sources’ briefing the BBC that Wes Streeting shouldn’t be honest about the crisis in the NHS. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Powerful institutions and powerful individuals protecting each other. There was a conspiracy of silence.” thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

This week's bestsellers ✍lrb.me/6jh

Join 𝘓𝘙𝘉 contributor Fara Dabhoiwala at the V&A on 16 October as he unveils new research relating to one of the most puzzling paintings in the museum's collection: a portrait of the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams. Tickets here: vam.ac.uk/event/BE4J645O…

Keri-Sue contacted me because we have the very worst thing in common. One doctor even said her anxiety was making him worse & she should stop taking him to hospital. I wrote about her depressingly familiar experience theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Remarkable detective work, superb scholarship. A Man of Parts and Learning lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

From today, we're introducing "Martha's Rule" across a number of our inpatient wards. Patients or their loved ones can request a review if they are worried that a patient’s condition is worsening and their concerns are not being addressed. Read more at buff.ly/3CIvPta

'This early data highlights how essential the Martha’s rule escalation process will be for patients, families & staff, to help ensure those experiencing acute deterioration can be identified and treated at the earliest opportunity.' #MarthasRule theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

“It felt like the CQC were there to protect the trust and its reputation.” theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Warwickshire Flex Learning student overcomes adversity to win young writers' prize warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/5…

"It’s about a shift in the balance of power away from passive deference to doctors and towards patients" Thanks to Keir Starmer for highlighting the successes of Martha's Rule in his speech on the NHS this morning theguardian.com/politics/live/…

Calling 11-14 year-olds. Please spread the word. The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/marc…

What an incredible day- Royal free-Northmid have started the new journey with Martha's Rule. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to bring this patient safety initiative to live

Congratulations to Shaun Lintern from The Times and The Sunday Times for being awarded highly commended in Health Journalist of the Year at The Press Awards 2025!

A WEEK until the deadline for the Martha Mills Young Writers' Prize. Open to 11-14 year olds in the UK. Great prizes & Frank Cottrell-Boyce as judge. Tell your budding teenage writer friends...