Jess’s Rule email signature now available
A Jess's Rule email signature is available for practices.
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GPs will struggle to implement new NHS requirements for chaperones, BMA warns
The BMA warns new NHS chaperone requirements will be hard for practices to implement.
Reasonable adjustment digital flag action checklist: what you need to do to achieve compliance
All primary care providers must be able to read, write and share the reasonable adjustment digital flag by 30 September 2026.
CQC ahead of target as it rebuilds its inspections
CQC says it is ahead of its target of 9,000 assessments by September 2026, with 50% more inspections in November 2025 than a year earlier.
NHSE/GMC webinar for GPs: fitness to practise and fairness
GMC has launched 60 appeals against fitness-to-practise decisions in last decade
The GMC has appealed 60 tribunal decisions in the past decade, 20 of them involving GPs.
RCGP backs Jess’ Rule to support best practice in general practice
The RCGP backs Jess's Rule as posters reach GP practices.
Accessible Information Standards: call for evidence
Call for evidence on the Accessible Information Standard, open to primary care providers.
Primary Care Patient Safety Strategy maturity matrix – guidance to General Practice
A primary care patient safety maturity matrix to help practices assess their progress, on FutureNHS.
A poster to reinforce the principle: Jess’s Rule
Every practice will receive a Jess's Rule poster: re-think the diagnosis when a patient presents three times.