Our investigation into a complaint about the Southern Health and Social Care Trust found that it did not consider all of the available information when making a child’s autism diagnosis. We asked it to apologise to the child and her mother after appropriate intervention and support only became available following a correct diagnosis over two years later.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Other
Reference NIPSO-19121
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 11 March 2021
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Original decision on the NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman) website ↗