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Jess’s Rule Posters Roll Out to Every GP Surgery in England

Letters from NHS leaders ask practices to display co‑designed posters to embed a ‘three strikes, we rethink’ check.

Overview

  • Co‑designed posters named for Jessica Brady are being delivered to all 6,170 GP practices for display in consultation rooms or staff areas.
  • The rule prompts a fresh review when a patient has three appointments without a substantiated diagnosis or when symptoms escalate.
  • Clinicians are encouraged to arrange in‑person reviews, carry out thorough examinations, order further tests and seek second opinions.
  • A joint letter from Health Secretary Wes Streeting and NHS England’s National Medical Director Claire Fuller asks surgeries to display the materials.
  • Officials say the approach should particularly aid younger and minority patients who face longer routes to diagnosis, citing research from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation.