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.

Ombudsman finds that man’s ‘red-eye’ should have been monitored more closely, and that an earlier diagnosis would have improved the chances of his vision being retained.

An Ombudsman investigation has found that a hospital patient should have been given higher levels of fluid in the days before he died, but that while this may have prolonged his life for a time his death could not have been avoided.

The Ombudsman has found that staff from the Ulster Hospital followed full and appropriate procedures when they discharged a patient who had been in their High Dependency Unit while undergoing treatment for a serious illness.