Recent reports in this category are shown below:
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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.
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Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 22-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complains about the way Plymouth County Council, Livewell Southwest and NHS Devon discharged her father, Mr Y, from hospital. We uphold her complaint. We found fault with the way Mr Y’s discharge was handled. As a result, Mrs X has experienced distress and uncertainty. The organisations have agreed to apologise to Mrs X, make systemic improvements and pay a financial remedy.
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Livewell Southwest (24 013 399b)
Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 22-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complains about the way Plymouth County Council, Livewell Southwest and NHS Devon discharged her father, Mr Y, from hospital. We uphold her complaint. We found fault with the way Mr Y’s discharge was handled. As a result, Mrs X has experienced distress and uncertainty. The organisations have agreed to apologise to Mrs X, make systemic improvements and pay a financial remedy.
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Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 21-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms B complained an NHS Trust and a Council were wrong to decide her father was not eligible for reablement care when he left hospital. She also complained that they did not involve the family adequately in the discharge process. We have not found fault in how the organisations made their decisions or how they involved the family. However, we have found fault in how the organisations handled Ms B’s complaint. We have asked the Trust and the Council to apologise for the impact this had.
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NHS West Yorkshire ICB - Calderdale (23 015 231d)
Statement Upheld Community hospital services 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms X complained about diabetes management and care provided to the late Mr Y, when he went into respite care, during his admissions to hospital, and then a nursing home. We found fault by the Trust in its record keeping and monitoring of Mr Y. The Trust acknowledged this in its response to Ms X’s complaint and put service improvements in place. The Trust agreed to provide a further remedy to Ms X to recognise the distress and uncertainty caused. We also found fault by Priory Adult Care in its management of Mr Y’s diabetes. Priory Adult Care agreed to provide a remedy to Ms X. We did not find fault by the Council, Trust and ICB in changes to Mr Y’s care plan for his respite placement, or in the Care Home’s management of Mr Y’s diabetes.
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Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (25 001 119a)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Hospital acute services 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs A complains about the way the Council, Trust, ICB and GP surgery treated her husband, Mr B, before his death. She complains Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding was delayed and the family were not given enough information. We will not investigate this complaint because we cannot overturn a decision made by the ICB about CHC. For her other points of complaint, an Ombudsmen investigation is unlikely to find fault.
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South Street Surgery (25 001 119b)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries General practice 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs A complains about the way the Council, Trust, ICB and GP surgery treated her husband, Mr B, before his death. She complains Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding was delayed and the family were not given enough information. We will not investigate this complaint because we cannot overturn a decision made by the ICB about CHC. For her other points of complaint, an Ombudsmen investigation is unlikely to find fault.
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NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB (25 001 119c)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Assessment and funding 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs A complains about the way the Council, Trust, ICB and GP surgery treated her husband, Mr B, before his death. She complains Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding was delayed and the family were not given enough information. We will not investigate this complaint because we cannot overturn a decision made by the ICB about CHC. For her other points of complaint, an Ombudsmen investigation is unlikely to find fault.
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Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (23 015 231a)
Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms X complained about diabetes management and care provided to the late Mr Y, when he went into respite care, during his admissions to hospital, and then a nursing home. We found fault by the Trust in its record keeping and monitoring of Mr Y. The Trust acknowledged this in its response to Ms X’s complaint and put service improvements in place. The Trust agreed to provide a further remedy to Ms X to recognise the distress and uncertainty caused. We also found fault by Priory Adult Care in its management of Mr Y’s diabetes. Priory Adult Care agreed to provide a remedy to Ms X. We did not find fault by the Council, Trust and ICB in changes to Mr Y’s care plan for his respite placement, or in the Care Home’s management of Mr Y’s diabetes.
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Priory Adult Care (23 015 231b)
Statement Upheld Community hospital services 17-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms X complained about diabetes management and care provided to the late Mr Y, when he went into respite care, during his admissions to hospital, and then a nursing home. We found fault by the Trust in its record keeping and monitoring of Mr Y. The Trust acknowledged this in its response to Ms X’s complaint and put service improvements in place. The Trust agreed to provide a further remedy to Ms X to recognise the distress and uncertainty caused. We also found fault by Priory Adult Care in its management of Mr Y’s diabetes. Priory Adult Care agreed to provide a remedy to Ms X. We did not find fault by the Council, Trust and ICB in changes to Mr Y’s care plan for his respite placement, or in the Care Home’s management of Mr Y’s diabetes.