The Northern Trust failed to act on a woman’s concerns about her mother’s health. This, as well as its failure to properly assess her spinal injury and accurately read the results of an MRI scan, led to her untimely death.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Reference NIPSO-202002627
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 04 March 2025
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