We made a number of recommendations to the Belfast Trust after we found failures in the way it treated a patient with a fractured leg. We concluded that delays in removing her leg cast and in monitoring her pressure sores caused sepsis and contributed significantly towards her premature death.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Reference NIPSO-202001357
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 27 July 2023
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Original decision on the NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman) website ↗