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Page last updated at 12:23 GMT, Monday, 21 September 2009 13:23 UK

Action call over diagnosis errors

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Hundreds of thousands of patients could be misdiagnosed by doctors every year.

An investigation by BBC Scotland has revealed that, across the UK, as many as 15% of all consultations could result in misdiagnosis.

However, the NHS does not even record these cases.

BBC Scotland's Investigations Correspondent Mark Daly reports.

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