Faye’s Law – History Matters / No More Labelling

I want to ensure that every patient’s full medical history is reviewed before diagnosis or treatment — so no one is ever mislabelled, neglected, or denied care again.

This is Faye’s Law. Because history matters.

 
⭐ We are calling for national reform to prevent:
Misdiagnosis
Mislabelling
Fragmented medical records
Avoidable harm
 
⭐ Faye’s Law would:
1. Mandatory full medical history review
A minimum of 10 years (or from birth), especially in cases involving:

Repeated symptoms
Abnormal blood tests
Chronic rashes
Cognitive decline
Collapses or seizures
Hypertension
Neurological symptoms
 
2. End non-evidence-based labelling
No more diagnoses such as:

“White coat syndrome”
“Anxiety”
“Stress-related”
“Non-compliant”

"Life style changes"
Without clear clinical evidence.

 
3. National “History Matters” Vulnerability Flag
Triggered by:

Repeated abnormal results
Neurological decline
Safeguarding concerns
Cognitive changes
Multiple attendances
This ensures patients cannot be dismissed without escalation.

 
4. Mandatory follow-up of abnormal results
No abnormal blood test, scan, or red flag symptom should ever be ignored or lost.

 
5. Cross-trust record integration

Childhood records must follow into adulthood
Patterns must be visible across all NHS services
 
6. Ombudsman reform (pre-1996 cases)
Allow investigation where ongoing harm can be evidenced, even if events began before 1996.

 
7. Extended complaint time limits
Especially in cases involving:

Trauma
Disability
Cognitive impairment
Preventable death
Families should not be penalised for delays caused by grief or lack of transparency.

 
8. Enforced Duty of Candour & record transparency
To ensure:

Honest communication
Accurate documentation
No retrospective alterations
Protection of patient truth
 
💔 Why this law is needed
Faye Rebecca Cunningham was born prematurely and lived with lifelong health issues:

Seizures
Memory decline
Chronic rash
Neurological symptoms
Abnormal blood results
Severe hypertension
Her records suggest early-life vulnerability that was never fully investigated.

Despite repeated symptoms across her life, she was repeatedly mislabelled as:

Anxiety
“White coat syndrome”
Stress
Behavioural
Her full medical history was never reviewed.
Patterns were missed.
Safeguarding triggers were ignored.
Escalation did not happen.

Faye died in July 2022, aged 27.

Her hypertension — documented for years — was never treated because she was incorrectly labelled.

Her family believes that if her history had been properly reviewed, Faye would still be alive today.

 
🌍 This is not just about Faye
Every patient
Every family
Every child whose symptoms were never connected
Your history matters — and so did hers.

 
⚖️ Disclaimer
This petition reflects the lived experience and understanding of Faye’s family, based on available records.
It calls for systemic reform in the public interest and does not assign blame to individuals.

 
✍️ Please sign and share
Help make Faye’s Law a reality.

No more labels
No more missed histories
No more preventable harm
History must matter.

 
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