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PHSO Casework Decisions

4,058 published decisions 3,436 Health (NHS) 622 Parliamentary 17% 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 4,058 decisions represent approximately 1.3% of the 319,011 total complaints received across the same period. Source: decisions.ombudsman.org.uk.

Decisions

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Reference Organisation Jurisdiction Outcome Date
P-003160 A practice in the West Northamptonshire area
The GP Practice allegedly refused home visits for Ms B's deteriorating father, leading to a delayed hospital admission for a …
NHS in England Upheld 28 Nov 2024
P-003132 North East London Integrated Care Board
The ICB allegedly delayed implementing Mrs A's personal health budget, under-commissioned care hours, and failed to reimburse family care or …
NHS in England Partly upheld 28 Nov 2024
P-003146 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust allegedly failed to provide adequate gastroenterology input, delayed a drain procedure, neglected daily weights and enemas, and provided …
NHS in England Partly upheld 28 Nov 2024
P-003125 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundatio…
Complaints across NWAS, the Trust, and a Practice regarding delayed ambulance, care outcomes, complaint handling, and organisational planning, impacting Mrs …
NHS in England Closed 28 Nov 2024
P-003144 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Mr X complained about discrimination based on his transsexuality/disability, denied treatment/referrals, unamended records, and unanswered data requests from two practices …
NHS in England Closed 27 Nov 2024
P-003156 HM Courts and Tribunals Service
HMCTS lost the complainant's court file for eviction proceedings, causing several months of delay in removing tenants, loss of rental …
UK Government Closed 27 Nov 2024
P-003102 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation …
Staff at the Trust misdiagnosed his wife’s cancer as liver disease, resulting in painful, inappropriate treatment and an earlier death, …
NHS in England Closed 27 Nov 2024
P-003115 A practice in the Cumberland area
A GP was rude and failed to include crucial patient history in a referral, leading to complications during knee surgery, …
NHS in England Closed 27 Nov 2024
P-003174 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
The Trust failed to provide proper nursing care and treat her mother’s developing condition, causing her distress and leading to …
NHS in England Closed 26 Nov 2024
P-003180 Department for Work and Pensions
DWP failed to correctly assess his Employment and Support Allowance entitlement in 2012 and 2016, and misadvised him in 2016 …
UK Government Partly upheld 26 Nov 2024
P-003105 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care …
The ICB wrongly removed his father-in-law’s fast track funding before his death, without following the correct process, causing financial stress …
NHS in England Closed 26 Nov 2024
P-003138 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust provided poor care, including a prolonged fistula needle, no stroke assessment, misleading information, falls, delayed transfer, and an …
NHS in England Partly upheld 26 Nov 2024
P-003176 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
The Trust failed to recognise her mother's serious condition, provide appropriate care, keep the family informed, and gave a wrong …
NHS in England Closed 26 Nov 2024
P-003172 A practice in the North Hertfordshire area
A doctor failed to appropriately assess and dismissed stroke symptoms, didn't check blood pressure, and there were issues with prescription …
NHS in England Closed 26 Nov 2024
P-003109 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
A doctor misdiagnosed her husband, missing a blood clot in his lungs, leading to his avoidable death and significant financial …
NHS in England Closed 25 Nov 2024
P-003163 South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Tr…
Ambulance crews failed to provide treatment or clinical observations for her son, despite several attendances, not considering his compromised capacity, …
NHS in England Closed 25 Nov 2024
P-003124 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
The nursing team did not follow care plans for her mother’s leg blisters and refused to let Mrs N stay …
NHS in England Upheld 25 Nov 2024
P-003145 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Staff failed to sufficiently investigate a suspected fracture, missing a hip fracture, and made inappropriate discharge decisions, leading to pain, …
NHS in England Upheld 22 Nov 2024
P-003120 Child Maintenance Service (CMS)
The CMS failed to communicate effectively, did not return calls, provided inconsistent information, and wrongly moved his case to 'Collect …
UK Government Closed 21 Nov 2024
P-003168 A practice in the Bromley area
Ms H complained the Practice failed to perform a valid coeliac disease test in November 2019 due to incorrect pre-test …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024
P-003116 A practice in the Doncaster area
Miss I complained the Practice failed to appropriately investigate her skin lesions and provide an urgent dermatology appointment, leading to …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024
P-003127 A practice in the Bristol area
Mrs O complained the GP surgery failed to treat and refer her son's varicose ulcers since October 2020 and did …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024
P-003122 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Mr A complained the Trust administered lifesaving treatment without his informed consent, causing him to live in torment when he …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024
P-003136 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Mr F complained the Trust misdiagnosed him with cancer and provided inappropriate aftercare following surgery, causing distress, pain, and financial …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024
P-003101 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Mr Y complained the Trust failed to diagnose his father's dislocated jaw, denying adequate nutrition and causing pain, which he …
NHS in England Closed 20 Nov 2024