Investigation reports

A care home could have understood the reasons for a resident’s weight loss if it had followed through on its referral to a dietitian.

The Belfast Trust should have arranged for an earlier CT scan and carried out emergency bowel surgery when a patient’s condition deteriorated.

The care provided to a patient who attended the Emergency Department of Antrim Area Hospital with abdominal pain was reasonable and appropriate.

We found failings in the way the Trust investigated a man's concerns about how his father was treated in a care home. 

The Belfast Trust should have given a new mother better mental health support to help her cope with the premature birth of her twins.

A care home did not follow contemporary guidance on allowing visitors over a 5-day period in March 2020.

A decision by a medical practice to stop prescribing a patient’s medication was appropriate.

The Southern Trust should have kept an elderly patient in hospital for further observation, but our investigation found that the failings did not contribute to his death.