Merope

[mer-uh-pee]

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noun

Classical Mythology.

a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
a queen of Messenia, the wife of Cresphontes and mother of Aepytus, who with Aepytus sought revenge upon Polyphontes, the brother and murderer of Cresphontes.
one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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Her parents, Merope Mills and Paul Laity, wrote about their pain and anger over their daughter's treatment following her death.

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"It was a difficult, tricky injury, but it did not have to be a fatal one," Merope has said.

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Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme in 2023, Merope Mills said her family were not listened to by senior doctors on several occasions and were "not given the full picture" about Martha's deteriorating condition.

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Merope Mills began campaigning for the scheme after an inquest found a change of care plan could have prevented her 13-year-old daughter Martha's death from sepsis in 2021.

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An initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second opinion will play a role in "changing the culture of the NHS", Merope Mills has said.

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