Investigation reports

We found that the Belfast Trust did not properly assess a man’s healthcare needs before his admission to a nursing home. 

We asked it to apologise to the complainant and to review all applications for continuing healthcare from the last three years.  

We made recommendations for service improvement after we found failings in the way the Belfast Trust investigated the theft of a care home resident’s wedding ring.

We made a number of recommendations to the Belfast Trust after we found failures in the way it treated a patient with a fractured leg. 

We concluded that delays in removing her leg cast and in monitoring her pressure sores caused sepsis and contributed significantly towards her premature death.

A man whose son lived in supported housing complained about the care provided by the Belfast Trust. 

We upheld his complaint.

Our investigation found failings in the care and treatment provided to a cancer patient by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

The Belfast Health Trust has apologised to a man after our investigation found failures in the care of his late wife.

We found that the Trust should have retested a patient for COVID when it found her previous sample had not been processed.

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust cared appropriately for a cancer patient and communicated properly with her family during her treatment.

A patient was in pain for longer than necessary because of delays by the Belfast Trust to obtain the results of a private MRI scan.