Recent statements in this category are shown below:
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Assessment and care plan 01-Apr-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s actions during the assessment for NHS funding for adult care. The Council’s actions do not cause the claimed injustice of a failure to award Continuing Healthcare funding. That is an NHS decision, and is not an outcome the Council nor the Ombudsman can achieve.
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Statement Upheld Assessment and care plan 01-Apr-2025
Summary: Mr X complained about the Council’s handling of his son, Mr Y’s, case after he made a referral to Adult Social Care Services in March 2023. He said Mr Y has had seven allocated social workers since March 2023 which delayed Mr Y getting the relevant care assessments and support he required. The Council was at fault for the delay in carrying out the necessary assessments. The Council has agreed to apologise and make a payment to recognise the distress, frustration and uncertainty this has caused. It also agreed to create an action plan to improve handovers when a case is reallocated to a new social worker.
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London Borough of Sutton (24 001 763)
Statement Upheld Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: There is some evidence the Council failed properly to consider Mrs X’s needs before she was discharged from hospital and did not give sufficient weight to the concerns expressed by her family. As a result the family made private arrangements for Mrs X to stay in a care home where she was later assessed as needing nursing care from the date of her admission. The Council has agreed to reconsider the date from which the financial assessment was calculated and offer a consolatory sum to Ms Y and Ms Z.
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Birmingham City Council (24 009 670)
Statement Not upheld Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: Ms X complained the Council failed to provide appropriate support to her son, Mr Y, as a child and as adult and did not support him to move out of the family home. There was no fault in the Council’s actions.
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Cheshire West & Chester Council (24 011 679)
Statement Upheld Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: Ms X complained the Council delayed reviewing her care and support plan, took too long to put in place a direct payment and delayed responding to her complaint. We upheld the complaint. The review of Ms X’s care and support plan was already overdue when she requested it and the Council did not act promptly to complete the review or put in place the direct payment. The Council also took too long to respond to the complaint and failed to recognise it was at fault. The Council will apologise and make a symbolic payment and take action to minimise the chance of recurrence.
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Surrey County Council (24 013 732)
Statement Not upheld Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: Mr X complained the Council did not properly consider his reasonable adjustments. He says this caused him stress and anxiety. The Ombudsman finds no fault with the Council.
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Sheffield City Council (24 013 888)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council considered the need for a Mental Health Act assessment. There is not enough evidence of fault with how it decided not to complete an assessment.
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South Gloucestershire Council (23 011 699)
Statement Upheld Assessment and care plan 31-Mar-2025
Summary: The Council acted in line with charging regulations and guidance when dealing with Mr and Mrs Y’s financial assessments for care charges and so there is no fault. Communication with Mr X about Mr Y’s fall in a care home in 2023 was poor; this was fault causing avoidable confusion. The Council will apologise.
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Durham County Council (24 005 797)
Statement Not upheld Assessment and care plan 30-Mar-2025
Summary: We do not uphold Mr X’s complaint about the way Durham County Council and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust discharged his mother, Mrs Y, from hospital on three occasions. We have not found fault with the way Mrs Y was discharged or the reablement care she received at home.
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South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (24 010 607)
Statement Not upheld Assessment and care plan 30-Mar-2025
Summary: Mr B complained about the communications the Council had with him, around the time his wife (Mrs B) moved from their home into residential care. We did not uphold the complaint, finding no fault in the Council’s actions causing injustice to Mr B.