The Belfast Trust should have given a patient an urgent ultrasound scan rather delay the procedure for a week. It should also have told him the scan revealed there was a ‘significant’ chance of him losing his testicle, leaving him in shock when he was told the news by his GP.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Reference NIPSO-202006445
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 12 March 2026
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