Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a) what cancer-specific red-flag training is currently mandatory for GPs, b) whether it is formally assessed, and c) how completion is monitored and how often it has to be refreshed.

To support the identification of potentially missed diagnoses, the Department published Jess's Rule in September 2025 as formal clinical guidance developed with NHS England and the Royal College of General Practitioners. Jess's Rule supports and strengthens general practitioners’ clinical judgement by encouraging clinicians to pause and review recurrent presentations and consider whether anything may have been missed. It formalises existing best practice and promotes a more consistent approach to patient care while recognising that decisions on referral, investigation, and treatment remain matters of clinical judgement.