Investigation reports

The daughter of an elderly cancer patient complained that her syringe driver was removed in the days before her death, causing her to experience unnecessary pain.

The Chief Executives of three health trusts have apologised after an error in recording a patient’s date of birth led to him being confused with another patient.

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 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust is considering suitable equipment for transporting new-born infants in ambulances after an Ombudsman's report recommended it apologise to a complainant.

The investigation looked at the actions of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service when responding to a 999 call after the complainant’s father had suffered a stroke.