Table 5 Presenting conditions involved in diagnostic errors described in incident reports related to GP service provision in or alongside emergency departments (National Reporting and Learning System reports; 217/13million 2005–2015)

Musculoskeletal injury

114

114 fractures

7 Hip and 6 Spinal fractures

Chest pain

18

15 Acute Coronary Syndrome

Unwell child

15

7 sick infants requiring resuscitation level care

Headache

14

6 Head injury

5 Subarachnoid haemorrhage

2 Brain tumour

Abdominal pain

9

3 Appendicitis

1 Ischaemic bowel

Shortness of breath

6

1 Acute asthma

1 Pneumothorax

1 Respiratory failure

1 Stridor

Limb pain – no trauma

4

2 Deep vein thrombosis

1 Ischaemic foot

Collapse

4

1 Cardiac arrest

Back pain

4

1 Pulmonary embolism

1 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

1 Spinal cord compression

Limb weakness

2

2 Stroke

Eye injury

2

1 Missed foreign body in eye

Rash

2

1 Measles

Other

13

1 Testicular torsion

1 Ectopic pregnancy

1 Anaphylaxis

Not documented

10

1 Pneumothorax

1 Trauma case

Total