Investigation reports

We upheld a complaint about how the Southern Health Trust carried out an investigation into the death of a patient with lung cancer.

A man said it was unfair that deductions were made from payments he received towards the cost of his daughter’s respite care.

We upheld a number of complaints against the Northern Health Trust, including that hospital staff did not give an elderly patient enough fluids, nor appropriately monitor her over a 24-hour period.

We found that the Western Health Trust should have diagnosed a patient at an earlier stage, given his symptoms, test results, and observations.

A man sought assurance that his wife had been cared for appropriately in hospital.  We partially upheld the complaint.