Investigation reports

The Northern Trust should not have left it to the day of the surgery to explain to a patient the potential complications. The patient said that if she had known the possible consequences she would not have given her consent.

An elderly patient experienced distress and discomfort after being left overnight in soiled clothing in Antrim Area Hospital.

The Belfast Trust did not provide appropriate reassurance to an elderly patient when she suffered pain and discomfort after her coronary angiogram.

A woman complained that her late sister should have received better care on the night she was admitted to hospital.  We found that, for the most part, her treatment was appropriate.

The Southern Trust followed the appropriate procedures when it worked out a resident’s contribution to the cost of her care.

Antrim Area Hospital discharged a patient from its Emergency Department despite his poor health. His daughter believed he should have been admitted to the hospital for further treatment.

The Western Trust’s failure to give a patient an MRI test caused her to experience prolonged pain and unnecessarily delayed treatment of her endometriosis.

A woman complained that her IVF treatment failed because the Belfast Trust’s fertility clinic failed to monitor her progesterone levels. Our investigation did not identify any failings.

A man said a hospital should not have discharged him without doing further tests on a cyst on his brain. We found he was treated appropriately.

The Northern Trust should have told a patient and his family that he would not be resuscitated if his heart or breathing stopped.