Our latest Case Digest features a number of investigations into complaints about care homes. It highlights the importance of good complaints handling and provides some key messages for the families of those in care.
We established that it was appropriate for a dental practice to refer a patient to another practice for sedation, but we asked it to apologise to her for causing a misunderstanding.
We found no maladministration in the way the Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment’s made its decision about an exam grade, but were critical of the system it had in place for receiving appeals.