The Sickle Cell Society is urging NHS England to take action now to ensure all sickle cell patients have access to the specialist care they are entitled to.
Martha’s Rule would give patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion, which could have prevented the unforgivable mistakes made in her case, says journalist Merope Mills
Cecilia Shoetan, 76, lost her eldest daughter Lorraine when she died from sickle cell even after a doctor said she didn't look like she had the disease