Life-saving Jess’s Rule to be advertised in every GP surgery

The Government is rolling out Jess’s Rule posters to all GP surgeries in England to act as a reminder of a life-saving patient safety initiative. All GP surgeries in England will receive Jess’s Rule posters from this week, displaying the safety drive to GPs, primary care staff and patients in thousands of consultation rooms.

Jess’s Rule asks GPs to take a ‘fresh eyes’ approach and think again if, after 3 appointments, they have been unable to offer a patient a substantiated diagnosis or their symptoms have escalated.

Resources available to support adoption of Jess’s Rule:

• A poster for displaying in GP consultation rooms, available for NHS and DHSC staff who can access the Campaign Resource Centre: Campaign assets | Jess’s Rule: Three strikes and we rethink | Campaign Resource Centre.
• An RCGP and Jessica Brady CEDAR Trust learning module to support earlier cancer diagnosis in young adults.
• GatewayC is a digital early cancer diagnosis resource, designed by the NHS for the NHS, to help GPs and other primary care clinicians detect cancer at the earliest possible stage.

For further information, follow the link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/jesss-rule-three-strikes-and-we-rethink/