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South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman) Other Reference NIPSO-17293 Sector Health & Social Care Decided 05 May 2021

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Healthcare Professional Suicide Risk Design flaws enabling suicide

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Our investigation found that the South Eastern Trust failed to properly assess the risks faced by a patient, and could have done more to help him before his death.

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Other decisions involving South Eastern Health and Social Care Tr…

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

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