Investigation reports

The Chief Executives of three health trusts have apologised after an error in recording a patient’s date of birth led to him being confused with another patient.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust is considering suitable equipment for transporting new-born infants in ambulances after an Ombudsman's report recommended it apologise to a complainant.

The investigation looked at the actions of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service when responding to a 999 call after the complainant’s father had suffered a stroke.

An investigation has revealed that a nursing home failed to fully record its observations of a resident's head injury following a fall, and did not call an ambulance to take him to hospital until almost eight hours after the incident.