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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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.

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