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GPs will be forced to adopt a new "three appointment rule" following the implementation of Jess' Rule.

Jess' Rule is a new law being implemented in England across the NHS which aims to help diagnose illnesses sooner and prevent avoidable deaths.

The new rule is named after Jessica Brady who died from cancer aged 27 in 2020 after having around 20 GP appointments where her symptoms were not recognised or diagnosed correctly.

GPs will now have to take a "three strikes and rethink approach" with all their patients, which means that if after three appointments, they have been unable to offer a substantiated diagnosis, or the patient’s symptoms have escalated, they must "rethink" the approach. View 3 Images

While many GP practices already use similar approaches in complex

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