Investigation reports

The daughter of an elderly cancer patient complained that her syringe driver was removed in the days before her death, causing her to experience unnecessary pain.

A woman complained that her father’s health deteriorated because he was not looked after properly in his care home. Our investigation found failings in his care and treatment, as well as a string of serious record keeping failures by the home.

An investigation into the care of a patient in Antrim Care Home found failings relating to the administration and recording of medicines, and in the way it responded to the patient’s panic attack.

A report has made recommendations to the Northern Ireland Hospice after an investigation found that a number of failures meant a meant a patient in receipt of community palliative nursing did not receive the end of life care she needed.