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.

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.

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.

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.