Paul Laity
editing @lrb (again), after years as Guardian non-fic editor. Writing book for Penguin/Norton on sandals, sunbaths, muesli, 'bearded fruit-juice drinkers' etc. Campaigner for Martha's Rule in NHS.
- Reposted by Paul Laity🚨 EXCLUSIVE: NHS England warns of "emerging evidence" of harm across England by surgeons, as it launches new requirements and chief exec Sir Jim mackey tells hospitals to be "more curious" in the wake of @GreatOrmondSt scandal: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
- Reposted by Paul LaityThinking today about the point @paullaity.bsky.social makes in this piece that 'any idea of restorative justice depends on an acceptance of responsibility'. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
- Coroners’ prevention of future deaths reports should be legally enforced | Letters
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- The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025: the Winners! www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
- '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...
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- A terrific piece www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
- Deadline a week today. The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
- ‘Detecting deterioration’: the new Martha’s Rule branding, which we hope will be used in all the 143 hospital sites involved in the implementation.
- Hugely entertaining Kippers and Champagne www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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- Calling 11-14 year-olds in the UK. Please spread the word. www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
- “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...
- ‘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...
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- 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.”
- Reposted by Paul LaityA 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.
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