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Getting out and about

Our Engagement Team meet community groups, charities, other public bodies, and members of the public across Northern Ireland to listen to their issues and to tell them about our service.

If you would like a visit from one of the team, please get in touch!

 

Health Trust should have recorded reasons for refusing Direct Payment

A woman complained about a Trust’s decision not to allow her son to be his brother’s paid carer.

We found that social workers provided the family with appropriate support, but asked the Trust to re-examine its decision as we could not be sure it had correctly applied Departmental guidance.

Quarterly Bulletin - January 2024

Our Quarterly Bulletin highlights some of our most recent investigation reports and provides other updates on our work.

Trust failed to give cancer patient adequate level of care

A woman complained that hospital delays contributed to her mother’s early death. We found a number of failings in her care and treatment. 

Complaint about the Northern Health and Social Care Trust

A Health Trust’s decision to admit a woman to a care home was appropriate, but its communication with her carer fell below the expected standards.

William Walker

Newry, Mourne & Down District Council

Hearing Date/Time

Alleged Breach

Paragraph 4.2

Decision on Breach

Breach of Paragraph 4.2

Trust followed relevant guidance over Adult Safeguarding concerns

The son of a care home resident raised concerns about his father’s treatment in the home.  We found that the Trust followed the correct Adult Safeguarding guidelines while looking after him.

Complaint about the treatment of a patient in Causeway Hospital

A man who suffered a back injury at work was treated appropriately by clinicians in the Northern Trust. However, we found that when the man made a complaint about his treatment, the Northern Trust did not answer all of his questions.

Patient removed from waiting list for medical reasons

A man claimed the Belfast Trust removed him from an in-patient waiting list because he had complained about one of its surgeons.  Our investigation found no evidence to support this view. 

Public Awareness Survey

We have appointed Opinion Research Services (ORS) to carry out our second Public Awareness Survey.

ORS will be contacting around 600 members of the public throughout March and April 2024 to ask questions about their awareness of NIPSO and their attitudes to complaining about public services.

The information we obtain from the survey will help us decide how to improve our service going forward.

We will publish the survey's findings later in the year.  In the meantime, if you would like to know more about the survey please get in touch with us at communications@nipso.org.uk

The report from the first survey, carried out in 2021, is available here.