Delay Diagnosis, Wrong Diagnosis, Fail or Delay Treatment, Fail to perform test (FOI_7196)

Freedom of information request details

FOI request date: 28th April 2025

Service: Claims Management / Cause: Fail / Delay Treatment, Failure To Perform Tests, Failure/Delay Diagnosis, Wrong Diagnosis

The following information was requested:

From years:

2022>2023 & 2023>2024, the number of claims and awards due to missing or lost patient samples which
affected a patient.

Please also include sample type, e.g. blood sample, tissue sample, etc

(Clarified on 29 April 2025.)

If we could search using the following Cause Codes, this could yield some results:

• Fail / Delay Treatment
• Failure To Perform Tests
• Failure/Delay Diagnosis
• Wrong Diagnosis

Download this information request [Information request for Delay Diagnosis, Wrong Diagnosis, Fail or Delay Treatment, Fail to perform test (FOI_7196)]

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