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.