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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

English GPs adopt ‘Jess’s rule’ to help ensure they do not miss serious illnesses

Jessica Brady
A family photograph of Jessica Brady. She died aged 27 from cancer that doctors had missed. Photograph: PA Wire

GPs across England are to adopt a “three strikes and rethink” approach to patients whose illnesses they cannot diagnose, under a safety initiative known as “Jess’s rule”.

It is named after Jessica Brady, who died at the age of 27 of stage four cancer in December 2020 after experiencing abdominal pain, coughing, vomiting and weight loss for six months.

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