The Northern Trust failed to act on a woman’s concerns about her mother’s health. This, as well as its failure to properly assess her spinal injury and accurately read the results of an MRI scan, led to her untimely death.
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.