Investigation reports

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has apologized to a patient who was forced to arrange her own care package after being discharged from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

An investigation has concluded that the care plans prepared for a resident of a nursing home in Armagh were largely adequate, but that it had underestimated the resident’s risk of a fall, and that it was inconsistent in its assessment of his mental state.

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has apologised to a complainant for the care and treatment her mother received while a patient in the Mater Hospital.

An investigation into a man’s complaint has found that the conditions on a hospital ward did not cause his wife to contract pneumonia.

Investigation concludes that observations should have been carried out and discharge delayed until patient was well enough to tolerate fluids and food.