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.