Investigation reports

A man said his autistic son’s health deteriorated because the Western Trust did not properly address his needs. Our investigation found that the Trust failed to provide a reasonable level of care and support to both the boy and his family over a 21-year period.

A woman complained that her husband’s GP failed to recognise the seriousness of his condition. We found it managed his care in accordance with good practice.

A woman complained that nursing staff failed to meet her late mother’s personal hygiene needs while she was in hospital. She also complained about the Trust’s decision not to carry out a planned kidney operation.

A patient should have been told by her doctor that she did not need to be accompanied by a chaperone during gynaecological treatment.

A woman complained about the care provided by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to her late father in his final weeks. We upheld parts of the complaint.

A GP practice removed a woman from its Patient List following a complaint she made about practice staff.

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.

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.

The Belfast Trust was right to perform an invasive test on an elderly patient but should have given him more information on its risks.

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.