Northamptonshire Health Care NHS Foundation Trust (24 015 710a)

Statement Upheld Mental health services 20-Oct-2025

Summary: Ms X complained about a failure to complete a s117 aftercare plan before she left hospital or after she returned home. We found fault that a council and an NHS trust did not complete a s117 aftercare plan. This caused Ms X stress and frustration which is an injustice. Further, we found fault in the way the Trust handled Ms X’s complaint which caused more injustice. The council and NHS trust agreed to apologise, take corrective action and make financial payments to address the injustice.

NHS Northamptonshire ICB (24 015 710b)

Statement Not upheld Mental health services 20-Oct-2025

Summary: Ms X complained about a failure to complete a s117 aftercare plan before she left hospital or after she returned home. We found fault that a council and an NHS trust did not complete a s117 aftercare plan. This caused Ms X stress and frustration which is an injustice. Further, we found fault in the way the Trust handled Ms X’s complaint which caused more injustice. The council and NHS trust agreed to apologise, take corrective action and make financial payments to address the injustice.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (25 004 464a)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Mental health services 16-Oct-2025

Summary: Mr X complains about how a Council and NHS Trust provided care to his father and safeguarded both his father and his mother between 2022 and 2024. We cannot consider Mr X’s complaints about events between 2022 and 2023 because these are late. We will not consider a complaint about how medication was used in 2024 because this is being considered by the coroner. Once the coroner’s considerations are complete, Mr X can ask us to look at this part of the complaint.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - Musgrove Park Hospital (24 009 941a)

Statement Not upheld Community hospital services 15-Oct-2025

Summary: Mrs A complained about the care Somerset Council and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust provided to her daughter, Miss B, before her death. She complains the Council and Trust refused to provide funding for 24-hour care which Miss B needed, could not find Miss B a suitable care agency and tried to force the family to accept direct payments. Based on the evidence reviewed, we found no fault with the actions of the organisations.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (24 014 862a)

Statement Not upheld General practice 09-Oct-2025

Summary: We found fault by Broadoak Manor Care Home (acting on behalf of St Helen’s Metropolitan Borough Council) in the care it provided to Mrs X. This caused her husband, Mr X, distress and uncertainty. The Council will apologise and take action to prevent similar problems occurring in future.

NHS South Yorkshire ICB (25 002 630a)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Mental health services 08-Oct-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the support provided to his daughter, Mrs Y, by Sheffield City Council and NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. This is because we consider it unlikely an investigation could achieve anything further then Mr X has already achieved by pursuing a complaint with the Council.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (24 017 538a)

Statement Upheld Other 06-Oct-2025

Summary: Miss X complains about the way Halton Borough Council, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sense managed her son, Mr X’s, specialist care package. We found fault by Sense in relation to communication. We found fault in the ICB’s complaint handling. As a result, Mr X and Miss X have been caused distress, frustration and uncertainty. The ICB and Sense have agreed to apologise to Mr X and Miss X. Sense will also pay a financial remedy.

Sense (24 017 538b)

Statement Upheld Community hospital services 06-Oct-2025

Summary: Miss X complains about the way Halton Borough Council, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sense managed her son, Mr X’s, specialist care package. We found fault by Sense in relation to communication. We found fault in the ICB’s complaint handling. As a result, Mr X and Miss X have been caused distress, frustration and uncertainty. The ICB and Sense have agreed to apologise to Mr X and Miss X. Sense will also pay a financial remedy.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (25 001 144a)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Mental health services 29-Sep-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a decision to detain Miss X under the Mental health Act. There was a tribunal available and this would have been the appropriate way to challenge this decision. We will not investigate the Council’s role in how it arranged the Mental Health Assessment or with how it looked after Miss X’s dog because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (23 011 903a)

Statement Upheld Community hospital services 29-Sep-2025

Summary: Mrs X complained about Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare in relation to the care of her son, Y. She has said the faults in care led to distress for her and her family. We found fault with Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare, leading to distress and risk of harm which Mrs X has described. We have made recommendations which the organisations have agreed to carry out to address this injustice.