Investigation reports

An investigation has found that the overall care and treatment provided by a private hospital to a patient who had a suspected ovarian cyst was appropriate and reasonable. The patient was treated there as a result of a waiting list initiative by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.20

A Health Trust has apologised after a patient complained about the antenatal care and treatment she received while at the maternity unit of the Ulster Hospital, Dundondald.

A report has criticised elements of the care and treatment provided to an elderly patient in Domnall Care Home (Belfast).

The Ombudsman has commended the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust for the thorough way it investigated a complaint about the care and treatment received by a patient at a nursing home.

The Ombudsman has upheld elements of a complaint made about the care given by the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, to a patient with type 2 diabetes.

A woman who complained about the time it took for a hospital consultant psychiatrist to treat her mother has had her complaint upheld by the Public Services Ombudsman.

A report by the Ombudsman has criticised elements of the care provided to a patient by Spire Independent Healthcare, based in Blackpool (Lancashire). The patient was referred to Spire under a waiting list initiative operated by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

The Ombudsman has found that, prior to her death, a patient was given appropriate care and treatment at the South West Acute Hospital, Enniskillen. However, an investigation also concluded that the Trust should have made her family aware of a Do Not Resuscitate order placed on her medical file.