Investigation reports

A woman complained that doctors did not do enough to monitor and investigate her father’s condition prior to his death.

A woman believed that the Western Trust should not have left it to her family to arrange palliative care for her elderly mother.

A patient complained he was uncomfortable after he was fitted with a catheter following surgery.  We found no failings in his care and treatment.

A woman claimed that if her late husband’s weight loss been investigated properly his cancer may have been detected sooner. 

We found it was a ‘significant failure in care and treatment’ that his GP didn’t send him for further diagnostic treatment.

A man complained that an MRI scan carried out by the Belfast Trust failed to identify the cause of his back pain. 

We did not uphold the complaint.

A woman complained that failures in her husband’s care while he was in hospital contributed to a deterioration in his health. We partially upheld the complaint.

A man said he didn't realise the South Eastern Trust had discharged him from its mental health services.  The resulting confusion without left him without treatment for 18 months.

The South Eastern Trust should have obtained more evidence from a care home and others when it investigated an adult safeguarding referral.

A man complained that his GP should have provided him with medication following a private ADHD diagnosis.