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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-005487 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs P complained about a long wait for a hysterectomy, inappropriate use of Prostap injections, and a delay in receiving …
NHS in England Closed 28 May 2026
P-004772 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr A complained the Trust gave contradictory information about his father's treatment, failed to keep records, refused a statement, and …
NHS in England Closed 3 Feb 2026
P-004641 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr B complained the Trust provided inappropriate treatment, caused care delays, discharged his father unsafely twice, and failed to communicate …
NHS in England Partly upheld 19 Jan 2026
P-004627 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs L complained the Trust failed to provide physiotherapy, safely discharge, test for COVID-19, notify of transfers/deterioration, monitor adequately, or …
NHS in England Upheld 16 Jan 2026
P-004550 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr E complained about botched skin surgery, poor wound healing, delayed referral to plastic surgery, and the Trust's refusal to …
NHS in England Closed 24 Dec 2025
P-004268 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Miss L complained the Trust failed to provide six-monthly scans, annual urethroscopies, blood tests, or timely diagnosis for her father, …
NHS in England Partly upheld 14 Nov 2025
P-004149 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs Y complained the Trust transferred her husband without her knowledge or sending his medication/feeding schedule, leading to delays that …
NHS in England Closed 6 Oct 2025
P-004079 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
The Trust dismissed her mother's symptoms, delayed surgery, provided poor nutritional care, misused a feeding tube, and communicated poorly, leading …
NHS in England Partly upheld 29 Sep 2025
P-003943 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr U complained the Trust failed to identify his mother's cancer spread, provide adequate pain medication, or arrange a timely …
NHS in England Closed 18 Sep 2025
P-003803 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs T complained the Trust denied her husband needed support for PTSD and unfairly restricted her hospital access in April …
NHS in England Closed 26 Aug 2025
P-003762 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs B complained the Trust failed to perform a CT scan and Echocardiogram on her mother, believing this omission led …
NHS in England Closed 4 Aug 2025
P-003696 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Miss H complained the Trust failed to fully examine and scan her sister after two unwitnessed seizures and a head …
NHS in England Closed 29 Jul 2025
P-003731 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs O complained the Trust delayed acting on a referral for an angioplasty and organising her husband's treatment, which she …
NHS in England Not upheld 30 Jun 2025
P-003597 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs G complained the Trust didn't consider patient history for her foster child's injury, and a paediatrician's speculation in a …
NHS in England Closed 19 Jun 2025
P-003557 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs W alleged delayed brain cancer diagnosis due to ignored CT and no MRI, and inappropriate discharge without follow-up after …
NHS in England Closed 28 May 2025
P-003527 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr U complained the Trust raised a safeguarding concern after he questioned his daughter's school details, linking it to historic …
NHS in England Closed 6 Apr 2025
P-003291 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs T complained the Trust wrongly gave and refused to remove a stent, failed to act on poor NEWS scores, …
NHS in England Partly upheld 31 Jan 2025
P-003288 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Miss X complained University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust delayed treating her grandfather's blocked bile duct, leading to perforation …
NHS in England Not upheld 10 Jan 2025
P-003198 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mr L complains the Trust failed to diagnose his daughter's amyloidosis sooner and delayed bone marrow investigations, missing opportunities to …
NHS in England Closed 11 Dec 2024
P-002987 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs A complained her husband was improperly moved from A&E, left unattended during an active rectal bleed, not offered active …
NHS in England Partly upheld 29 Sep 2024
P-002674 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs G complained about multiple failings in Miss O's care, including delayed investigation/treatment, improper discharges, and poor communication, which she …
NHS in England Closed 26 Jun 2024
P-002323 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
The Trust missed opportunities to escalate care, wrongly withdrew treatment, delayed scans, failed to insert an NG tube, and communicated …
NHS in England Closed 23 Nov 2023
P-002294 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs A complained the Trust's delayed diagnosis, poor tracheostomy management, and inappropriate removal of the tube led to her mother's …
NHS in England Upheld 24 Sep 2023
P-002042 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
Mrs F complained about poor nursing care for Mrs C, including inadequate hydration, nutrition, and personal care. She also alleged …
NHS in England Closed 28 Jun 2023
P-001655 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NH…
The Trust failed to discuss surgical options for her daughter's tonsil and adenoid issues, leading the family to seek private …
NHS in England Closed 21 Dec 2022