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Alderman John Carson (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council), has been suspended from his role as councillor for 3 months following an Adjudication Hearing held on 10 October.
Councillor suspended over abusive tweets
Councillor Marc Collins (Mid and East Antrim Borough Council), has been suspended from his role as a councillor for 8 months following an Adjudication Hearing held on 24 June.
Former councillor censured following breaches of Code of Conduct
Former Councillor Declan Boyle (Belfast City Council) has been censured by the Local Government Commissioner for Standards after being found to have breached a number of parts of the Code of Conduct relating to declaration of interests.
Reduced telephone service for week beginning 20 December 2021
We will be operating a reduced telephone service on the week beginning 20 December 2021. This will allow our senior case workers some additional time to clear their casework, as far as possible, before the Christmas closure.
Investigation finds that Department did not respond adequately to complaint
The Ombudsman has recommended that the Northern Ireland Civil Service review elements of their Dignity at Work policy after she found maladministration in the way the Department for Communities handled a complaint from a member of the public.
Consultant provided appropriate care to patient following workplace accident
The Ombudsman has concluded that a hospital pain management consultant provided proper care to a patient who had been electrocuted in a workplace accident.
Trust failed to provide adequate care and treatment to patient during last weeks of her life
An investigation has found that appropriate and timely intervention may have alleviated a patient's discomfort and distress in the last weeks of her life. The Ombudsman found a number of failures by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in relation to the patient's nutritional care and treatment, and failings with regard to some aspects of her nursing care and treatment.
Ombudsman asks Department to refund complainant after finding it unfairly recovered payment of farming subsidy
A number of recommendations have been made by the Ombudsman after an investigation revealed that unclear guidance to applicants led to confusion over eligibility of Single Farm Payments.
Family receive apology over failings during Serious Adverse Incident investigation
Health and Social Care Trust agrees to Ombudsman ‘action plan’ to improve the way it deals with families during investigations into Serious Adverse Incidents.
Ombudsman critical of Transport NI’s failure to provide and record reasons why four planning applications were considered acceptable.
An investigation into the way Transport NI (now DfI Roads) dealt with consultation responses to a planning application has led to the Ombudsman making a number of recommendations.