We partially upheld a complaint that a patient contracted sepsis because he was released too early from Antrim Area Hospital. We asked the hospital to apologise for its failings, and to review its procedures on discharge of patients from the ward in question.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Other
Reference NIPSO-19483
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 10 August 2021
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