Investigation reports

An investigation has concluded that the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust managed a mother's induced labour appropriately, and found that a delay in giving her antibiotics was not the cause of an infection to her and her baby.

A report about the treatment of a patient by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has found that the level of care given was appropriate, but has stressed the importance of information sharing in cases where care is being delivered in both a Trust and private healthcare setting.

An investigation into the care of a patient in Antrim Care Home found failings relating to the administration and recording of medicines, and in the way it responded to the patient’s panic attack.

An investigation has not upheld a complaint that the Western Health and Social prescribed a patient the wrong dose of a sedative. It also found that the Trust properly addressed the complainant’s concerns about the care of his mother.

The Ombudsman has found that a patient who was treated in Antrim Area Hospital A&E department should have had her pain score taken on her initial assessment and assessed at regular intervals.  However, the investigation also found that on the basis of the symptoms an x-ray and treatment with painkillers was appropriate.

An investigation has found that a patient was treated appropriately on the fracture ward of the Royal Victoria Hospital, but that she should have been transferred to a respiratory ward after her surgery.

A report has made recommendations to the Northern Ireland Hospice after an investigation found that a number of failures meant a meant a patient in receipt of community palliative nursing did not receive the end of life care she needed.

The Ombudsman has found that a care home provided a patient with the right level of the drug Quetiapine, and addressed a complainant’s concerns about the diet the patient received in the home.