Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122775

Primary Care: Standards

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the consistency of the mandatory Single Point of Access triage process with NHS England's Jess's Rule guidance; and what safeguards are in place to

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Single Point of Access (SPoA) triage process is consistent with Jess’s Rule.Jess’s Rule is an NHS England patient safety initiative for primary care. It is designed for general practitioners (GPs) and supports them to reconsider a patient’s presentati...

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