Investigation reports

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

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

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.

The Western Trust didn’t communicate properly with a woman during its investigation into the death of her husband.

Failings by a Trust’s social care team meant a complainant believed it did not take his concerns seriously.