From James Bird
The virtual disappearance of the autopsy indeed poses a significant threat to the quality of medical care (20 Jun, p 6). Many studies show that clinical diagnoses are wrong in up to half of cases; and in between a tenth and a quarter of these cases the patient received the wrong treatment.
Surely this is a matter that the UK’s Care Quality Commission should investigate, rather than wasting its resources checking whether clinically unimportant standards for waiting times have been met?
Great Ryburgh, Norfolk, UK
