Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference NIPSO-202002337 Sector Health & Social Care Decided 26 July 2023

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Patient safety governance

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The Lagan Valley Hospital carried out reasonable and appropriate investigations to determine the source of a patient’s abdominal pain.

Reference	Date	Summary	Outcome
NIPSO-202400854	24 Feb 2026	A patient claimed that the South Eastern Trust unnecessarily delayed his urology treatment. We found that his care was in …	Not Upheld
NIPSO-202004974	11 Jul 2025	A man said a hospital should not have discharged him without doing further tests on a cyst on his brain. …	Not Upheld
NIPSO-202005285	07 May 2025	The South Eastern Trust should have obtained more evidence from a care home and others when it investigated an adult …	Upheld
NIPSO-202004130	07 May 2025	A man said he didn't realise the South Eastern Trust had discharged him from its mental health services. The resulting …	Upheld
NIPSO-202003799	09 Apr 2025	We upheld a mother’s complaint about the South Eastern Trust’s care of her son during her 3 week stay in …	Upheld