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Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership

SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference 201707713 Sector Health and Social Care Category record keeping Decided 01 May 2019
Complaint record keeping failures Inaccurate and inaccessible patient records

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Summary

Mr C, an MP, complained on behalf of his constituent (Ms A) that the partnership mishandled a complaint Ms A made to them about incorrect information in her medical records.

We found that, while the error concerned was extremely serious, it was clear that the partnership had admitted the error, amended the record and made a very sincere and full apology to Ms A. They had also put in place new checking procedures to prevent the same mistake occurring again. We found that there was no evidence to suggest that the partnership's approach to Ms A's complaint was unreasonable. Therefore, we did not uphold Mr C's complaint.

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