Some? NHS Patients have been incorrectly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes Granted incorrect results after blood tests.
At least 55,000 blood tests should be re -run by machines used to test for the disease.
The US and Ireland -based company Trinity Biotech had misinformed results, and some patients have also been prescribed drugs that they do not need.
The issue was first revealed last year when the Bedfordshire NHS Foundation Trust said that some patients may have wrongly obtained high blood glucose readings from a laboratory at Luton and Danstabal Hospital.
At that time, the trust suggested that some patients can be misunderstood. Type 2 diabetes As a result, and apologized “for any emotional crisis and discomfort”.
But now NHS England 16 hospital trusts have confirmed that the same machine is used, affecting thousands of patients who may require new blood tests to read an accurate blood sugar.
The process known as the hemoglobin A1C test measures the level of average blood sugar. It is also used to diagnose type 2 diabetes and monitor the condition.
According to drugs and healthcare regulator (MHRA), the accuracy of tests on these machines was first reported in April 2024.
NHS Diabetes National Clinical Director Dr. Claire Hambling said: “Any long -term conditions such as a potentially incorrect diagnosis with type 2 diabetes, it is very worrying, although the clinical risk of damage to patients after this issue is low.
“NHS has affected less than 10 percent of the laboratories and all have changed the machines or addressed the calibration issues after MHRA advice in July – and anyone needs to repeat anyone will be contacted by their GP or local hospital.”
According to the BBC, Trinity Biotech has stated that it is working closely with the UK health regulator and contacted all hospitals that use machines.
The firm said, “The company has worked closely with the MHRA to solve the issues experienced by some UK laboratories using the system.”
Independent Trinity Biotech is contacted for further comments.