Investigation reports

Our latest Case Digest features a number of investigations into complaints about care homes. It highlights the importance of good complaints handling and provides some key messages for the families of those in care.

Our investigation found that 3FiveTwo’s treatment of a patient was appropriate, but that errors led to a delay in her treatment.

An investigation has found that the overall care and treatment provided by a private hospital to a patient who had a suspected ovarian cyst was appropriate and reasonable. The patient was treated there as a result of a waiting list initiative by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.20