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Quarterly Bulletin - October 2024

Our latest Quarterly Bulletin contains information about:

  • Our Ombudsman's Report for 2023-24
  • Resources on patient safety
  • A new Case Digest on care homes
  • Testimonials from our users
  • Two investigation reports into complaints about health trusts

Child unnecessarily restrained after Trust failed to monitor use of specialist seating

The Western Trust approved two special chairs for an autistic child to use in school without properly assessing his needs. The Trust should also have given the school clearer instructions on how the chairs were to be used.

Read our full report here.

Visitors to our office

Please note, if you intend to visit us in person during the week beginning 18 November we would ask if you could telephone us in advance on our Freephone number 0800 343424.  

This is a temporary arrangement to accommodate repair work taking place on our premises.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Christmas and New Year opening hours

Please note that we will be closed to the public from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Thursday 2nd of January 2025.

If you wish to submit a complaint you can still use our online complaints form anytime.

New investigation reports

Our latest published reports include our findings into complaints about: 

- a primary school
- a secondary school 
- two GP practices 
- the NI Housing Executive
- four Health Trusts 

Read these reports, and search or browse for many more here.

Failures in care and treatment of young person with life limiting condition after move to adult services

The quality of care given to a young person with complex medical needs deteriorated when she turned 18.  

Read our investigation report into a complaint about the Belfast Trust.

Patrick Brown

Newry, Mourne & Down District Council

Alleged Breach

Code of Conduct Paragraph 4.2, Paragraph 4.6, Paragraph 4.14 

Decision on Breach

Breach of Paragraph 4.2, Paragraph 4.6, and Paragraph 4.14.

Friday 1 December

Due to the expected disruption caused by the public transport strike, our office will be closed to the public on Friday 1 December.

Our phone lines will be open as normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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