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Your search has returned 410 resultsInvestigation into complaint about ‘unnecessary’ test on prostate cancer patient
The Belfast Trust was right to perform an invasive test on an elderly patient but should have given him more information on its risks.
Trust continued to provide pain relief during patient’s final days
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.
Investigation into complaint about the South Eastern Prison Healthcare Trust
A man claimed that prison authorities unfairly denied him treatment for his opioid addiction. We did not uphold the complaint but made observations on the case for the Trust to consider going forward.
Treatment of patient’s fractured rib was of a ‘high standard’
A man complained about the treatment he received for his fractured rib. We did not uphold the complaint.
Investigation of a complaint against an out of hours GP service
A GP practice was right to tell a patient to go to a hospital Emergency Department rather than refer her to another GP.
GP surgery missed signs of man’s stroke
A patient was prescribed diazepam after he complained to his GP about feeling unwell.
We asked the surgery to apologise after he was later found to have suffered five strokes in the space of a week.
Patient should have undergone further tests before being discharged from hospital.
A Health Trust’s failure to carry out tests on a man with an undiagnosed heart condition left his family with unanswered questions following his death.
Report recommends review of how the Northern Ireland Housing Executive handles complaints
We upheld a man's complaint about the Housing Executive's failure to deal with his enquiries about emergency accommodation.
Decision to remove patient from GP Practice was ‘unfair and disproportionate’
A GP practice removed a woman from its Patient List following a complaint she made about practice staff.
Investigation into a complaint about the Southern Health and Social Care Trust
A patient complained that the Trust should have changed her waiting list status to ‘urgent’ following a request by her GP. We did not uphold the complaint.