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PHSO Casework Decisions

4,026 published decisions 3,412 Health (NHS) 614 Parliamentary 18% upheld or partly upheld Range: Apr 2021–Jun 2026

Published casework decisions from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. PHSO selects a subset of completed investigations for publication — these 4,026 decisions represent approximately 1.3% of the 319,000 total complaints received across the same period. Source: decisions.ombudsman.org.uk.

Decisions

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Reference Organisation Jurisdiction Outcome Date
P-005550 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr A complained the Trust misdiagnosed his wife, delayed sepsis/pneumonia treatment, and caused facial skin damage post-mortem, believing these failings …
NHS in England Closed 9 Jun 2026
P-005532 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs C complains the Trust injured her father's leg, misdiagnosed it as gout, failed to investigate or treat it, and …
NHS in England Closed 4 Jun 2026
P-004807 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs V complained the Trust failed to diagnose her brother's cancer after multiple hospital visits, and didn't act on suspicious …
NHS in England Not upheld 10 Feb 2026
P-004691 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr A complained the Trust sent unexpected documents in a subject access request, including a cancer diagnosis he wasn't aware …
NHS in England Closed 27 Jan 2026
P-004586 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs K complained about inadequate hospital aftercare and investigations, a GP's refusal of an appointment, and NHS111's failure to assess …
NHS in England Closed 8 Jan 2026
P-004390 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ms E complained the Trust missed opportunities to diagnose her mother's cancer sooner, failed to provide adequate pain relief, and …
NHS in England Closed 3 Dec 2025
P-004384 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Miss A complained the Trust dismissed her gynaecological symptoms, prescribed wrong medication, delayed a laparoscopy, and failed to provide a …
NHS in England Closed 1 Dec 2025
P-004263 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Miss L complained Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust failed to provide adequate hydration and nourishment and respond to concerns about …
NHS in England Closed 14 Nov 2025
P-004156 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs A complained the Trust misdiagnosed her husband, ignored her concerns about blood clots, and failed to consider his social …
NHS in England Partly upheld 16 Oct 2025
P-003941 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Miss B complained Hospital B staff did not monitor or act on her mother’s deterioration, leading to her death. She …
NHS in England Closed 29 Sep 2025
P-003686 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs A complained the Trust inappropriately administered an anticoagulant, discharged her unfit father, and placed a DNACPR order against his …
NHS in England Closed 9 Jul 2025
P-003627 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs B complained her son's care had multiple failings, including delayed gastroscopy, slow fluid drainage, incorrect medication, a preventable fall, …
NHS in England Not upheld 29 Jun 2025
P-003558 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs A complained her husband received incorrect ED treatment, wrong referral, an ECHO despite breathlessness causing cardiac arrest, and poor …
NHS in England Closed 11 May 2025
P-003441 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ms E complained the Trust implanted a non-rechargeable SNS device instead of her chosen rechargeable one, causing discomfort, and she …
NHS in England Closed 24 Mar 2025
P-003346 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Trust allegedly rushed an operation instead of offering radium treatment for cancer, and discharged Mrs A prematurely without a …
NHS in England Closed 26 Feb 2025
P-003350 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Trust initially failed to test a urine sample, did not act on positive results, and repeatedly discounted UTI as …
NHS in England Not upheld 25 Feb 2025
P-003352 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs T complained her father's duodenum was perforated during a procedure, followed by delayed care, poor communication, lack of patient …
NHS in England Upheld 24 Feb 2025
P-003203 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr L complained the Trust misdiagnosed his seizures and kidney problems as drug-related, delayed treatment, and unfairly labelled him, causing …
NHS in England Closed 31 Dec 2024
P-003256 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr H complained about a plaster cast being too tight, a doctor being dismissive and refusing strong pain relief, and …
NHS in England Closed 18 Dec 2024
P-003243 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs O complained the Trust's care and treatment contributed to her mother's deteriorating condition and ultimately her death.
NHS in England Closed 13 Dec 2024
P-003223 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs O complains the Trust delayed her husband's bypass surgery, failed to monitor him, discharged him prematurely, delayed a chest …
NHS in England Upheld 10 Dec 2024
P-003049 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ms D complained the Trust failed to perform requested endocrinology blood tests for her daughter, R, between 2018 and 2020, …
NHS in England Upheld 21 Oct 2024
P-002904 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs O complained the Trust failed to identify/treat infection, act on deterioration, provide palliative care, and had poor communication for …
NHS in England Closed 31 Jul 2024
P-002524 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs J complained the Trust incorrectly positioned her stoma and delayed fixing its continuous leaking, causing two years of pain, …
NHS in England Closed 26 Mar 2024
P-002493 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mrs M complained the Trust delayed contacting her about her father’s deteriorating condition and administering end-of-life medication, denying her the …
NHS in England Upheld 11 Mar 2024