Investigation reports

A woman complained that her IVF treatment failed because the Belfast Trust’s fertility clinic failed to monitor her progesterone levels. Our investigation did not identify any failings.

A man said a hospital should not have discharged him without doing further tests on a cyst on his brain. We found he was treated appropriately.

The Northern Trust should have told a patient and his family that he would not be resuscitated if his heart or breathing stopped. 

A woman complained that doctors did not do enough to monitor and investigate her father’s condition prior to his death.

A woman believed that the Western Trust should not have left it to her family to arrange palliative care for her elderly mother.

A patient complained he was uncomfortable after he was fitted with a catheter following surgery.  We found no failings in his care and treatment.

A woman claimed that if her late husband’s weight loss been investigated properly his cancer may have been detected sooner. 

We found it was a ‘significant failure in care and treatment’ that his GP didn’t send him for further diagnostic treatment.

A man complained that an MRI scan carried out by the Belfast Trust failed to identify the cause of his back pain. 

We did not uphold the complaint.

A woman complained that failures in her husband’s care while he was in hospital contributed to a deterioration in his health. We partially upheld the complaint.