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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Harry Cockburn

Error means 55,000 patients require diabetes retests after potential misdiagnoses

Some NHS patients have been wrongly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after blood tests provided inaccurate results.

At least 55,000 blood tests must be re-run following errors by machines used to test for the disease.

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