The incidence of diagnostic errors in UK primary care and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a retrospective record analysis of missed diagnostic opportunities

Summary

Diagnostic errors have recently been identified as a high-priority patient safety problem in primary care by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, no studies exist in UK to quantify the extent of such errors and associated harm in primary care. This oral presentation from Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi et al. published in the British Journal of General Practice aimed to determine the incidence of ‘missed diagnostic opportunities’ in UK primary care.