Introduce Faye’s Law: History Must Matter in Healthcare

Issue
Too many patients are misdiagnosed, dismissed, or labelled without their full medical history being properly reviewed. When patterns across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are missed, serious conditions go unrecognised and safeguarding failures occur.
This can lead to avoidable harm, long-term illness, and preventable deaths — particularly for vulnerable patients with complex or lifelong symptoms.
Faye Cunningham died aged 27 after years of repeated symptoms, abnormal results, and warning signs that were never connected because her full medical history was not reviewed. Her family believe these systemic failures were preventable.
Solution
We are calling for the introduction of Faye’s Law — a national reform requiring clinicians to review relevant medical history before diagnosis, discharge, or treatment decisions are made.
Faye’s Law would:
Reduce misdiagnosis and unsafe labelling
Ensure abnormal results and repeated symptoms are followed up
Improve safeguarding and continuity of care
Protect patients with complex, lifelong, or escalating conditions
This reform is about improving systems, not blaming individuals. Reviewing patient history saves lives — and history must matter.
Disclaimer
These statements reflect the experiences and understanding of Faye’s family and supporters, based on available records. This petition calls for systemic reform in the public interest.