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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-005562 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation T…
Ms B complained about her mother's end-of-life care, alleging inadequate nutrition, delayed pain relief, unconsented syringe driver, incorrect medication, poor …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005559 A practice in the South Kesteven area
Mr H complained his GP failed to recognise his symptoms as a hernia complication, did not seek surgical advice, or …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005558 A practice in the Shropshire area
Mrs D complained her father's GP failed to diagnose and treat his heart failure and diabetes over several years, leading …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005560 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Miss E complained about her father's care, including incorrect IV medication, a fall due to unsecured bedrails, lack of oxygen, …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005557 A practice in the Southwark area
Miss J complained about staff failing to arrange a psychiatric assessment, inaccurate medical records (cocaine instead of codeine overdose), medication …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005561 North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Ms A alleged her partner received incorrect diagnoses and treatment, improper medication, poor record-keeping, and that information was disclosed to …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005563 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Mrs X complained her husband's care was substandard, including no diet plan, early discharge without a care plan, and uninvestigated …
NHS in England Closed 11 Jun 2026
P-005555 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Mrs Y complained about significant delays in her father's emergency care, including ambulance and hospital waits, failure to prioritize, equipment …
NHS in England Partly upheld 10 Jun 2026
P-005556 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Miss N complained the Trust delayed her father's surgery, failed to prepare him, missed an infection, neglected his nutrition and …
NHS in England Upheld 10 Jun 2026
P-005552 A practice in the Brent area
Mr A complained his father was incorrectly diagnosed with Alzheimer's, that death paperwork delays led to embalming against family beliefs, …
NHS in England Closed 10 Jun 2026
P-005553 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Fo…
Mrs K complained the Trust provided inadequate pain management and administered excessive oxycodone to her mother, leading to severe pain …
NHS in England Not upheld 10 Jun 2026
P-005554 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Tru…
Mrs K complained the Trust failed to offer her genetic testing despite a family history of cancer, causing her significant …
NHS in England Closed 10 Jun 2026
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-005547 A practice in the Somerset area
Miss E complains about the care provided by the Practice. She says it repeatedly refused to carry out necessary blood …
NHS in England Closed 9 Jun 2026
P-005551 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Ms B complained the Trust cancelled an appointment for a peripheral nerve injection at short notice, causing a four-month delay, …
NHS in England Closed 9 Jun 2026
P-005548 Barts Health NHS Trust
Ms B complained of premature discharge, excessive fluid administration, significant gabapentin reduction, and prolonged catheterisation, alleging these caused severe health …
NHS in England Closed 9 Jun 2026
P-005549 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mrs X complains about the delays in her husband's cancer care.
NHS in England Closed 9 Jun 2026
P-005543 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Tr…
Mrs R complained about her husband's care, alleging failure to identify severity, wrongful referral, delayed MRI, missed medication, poor communication, …
NHS in England Partly upheld 8 Jun 2026
P-005542 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Ms R complained the Trust failed to maintain her caesarean plan, inadequately addressed midwife behaviour, and delayed acknowledging her complaint, …
NHS in England Closed 8 Jun 2026
P-005546 Surrey and Sussex ICB
Ms B complained the ICB refused a retrospective review of her mother's eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare, resulting in care …
NHS in England Upheld 8 Jun 2026
P-005545 An independent provider in the Wirral area
Mrs N complained the hospital failed to address increasing post-surgery pain, poorly communicated procedure details, and made an incorrect referral, …
NHS in England Closed 8 Jun 2026
P-005544 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Ms E complained about inadequate pre-surgical preparation, asymmetrical breasts post-surgery, an inexperienced surgeon, and an inappropriate complaint response from the …
NHS in England Closed 8 Jun 2026
P-005539 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr L complained the Trust misdiagnosed his father's symptoms as stroke-related, failing to investigate abdominal pain, which delayed bowel obstruction …
NHS in England Closed 7 Jun 2026
P-005538 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation …
Ms D complained the Trust refused to re-examine a new breast lump found after a mammogram, causing her mental distress …
NHS in England Closed 7 Jun 2026
P-005537 A practice in the Bradford area
Mrs K complained the Practice failed to repeat her long-term thyroid medication, leading to severe illness requiring multiple emergency hospital …
NHS in England Closed 7 Jun 2026