This encompasses a large part of our work as the principles apply to many areas of medicine. GP's are often criticised for failing to spot a problem and referring as are radiologists for incorrectly interpreting x-rays and scans where a patient has gone on to suffer avoidable problems.
This area is very common when dealing with cancer cases where the delay or missed diagnosis in many cases leads to a very serious outcome. This can often be fatal. We have significant
experience in all these areas for example breast cancer, cervical cancer and lung cancer to mention a few.