Recent reports in this category are shown below:
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (24 014 862a)
Statement Not upheld General practice 09-Oct-2025
Summary: We found fault by Broadoak Manor Care Home (acting on behalf of St Helen’s Metropolitan Borough Council) in the care it provided to Mrs X. This caused her husband, Mr X, distress and uncertainty. The Council will apologise and take action to prevent similar problems occurring in future.
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NHS South Yorkshire ICB (25 002 630a)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Mental health services 08-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the support provided to his daughter, Mrs Y, by Sheffield City Council and NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. This is because we consider it unlikely an investigation could achieve anything further then Mr X has already achieved by pursuing a complaint with the Council.
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NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (24 017 538a)
Statement Upheld Other 06-Oct-2025
Summary: Miss X complains about the way Halton Borough Council, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sense managed her son, Mr X’s, specialist care package. We found fault by Sense in relation to communication. We found fault in the ICB’s complaint handling. As a result, Mr X and Miss X have been caused distress, frustration and uncertainty. The ICB and Sense have agreed to apologise to Mr X and Miss X. Sense will also pay a financial remedy.
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Statement Upheld Community hospital services 06-Oct-2025
Summary: Miss X complains about the way Halton Borough Council, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and Sense managed her son, Mr X’s, specialist care package. We found fault by Sense in relation to communication. We found fault in the ICB’s complaint handling. As a result, Mr X and Miss X have been caused distress, frustration and uncertainty. The ICB and Sense have agreed to apologise to Mr X and Miss X. Sense will also pay a financial remedy.
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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (25 001 144a)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Mental health services 29-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a decision to detain Miss X under the Mental health Act. There was a tribunal available and this would have been the appropriate way to challenge this decision. We will not investigate the Council’s role in how it arranged the Mental Health Assessment or with how it looked after Miss X’s dog because there is insufficient evidence of fault.
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NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (23 011 903a)
Statement Upheld Community hospital services 29-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complained about Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare in relation to the care of her son, Y. She has said the faults in care led to distress for her and her family. We found fault with Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare, leading to distress and risk of harm which Mrs X has described. We have made recommendations which the organisations have agreed to carry out to address this injustice.
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NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (23 011 903b)
Statement Upheld Community hospital services 29-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complained about Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare in relation to the care of her son, Y. She has said the faults in care led to distress for her and her family. We found fault with Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board and First Option Healthcare, leading to distress and risk of harm which Mrs X has described. We have made recommendations which the organisations have agreed to carry out to address this injustice.
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Teesside Healthcare (24 020 449a)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Care and treatment 24-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate a council and care homes over the care of Mr X, Mrs X’s husband. Mrs X says the faults in care led to her husband’s death and for distress for her. There were faults admitted by the council and care homes. However, both organisations have taken action to prevent the faults happening for other care home residents. An investigation would be unlikely to find the faults caused Mr X’s death or achieve more for Mrs X than the work the council and care homes have already carried out.
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Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 22-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complains about the way Plymouth County Council, Livewell Southwest and NHS Devon discharged her father, Mr Y, from hospital. We uphold her complaint. We found fault with the way Mr Y’s discharge was handled. As a result, Mrs X has experienced distress and uncertainty. The organisations have agreed to apologise to Mrs X, make systemic improvements and pay a financial remedy.
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Livewell Southwest (24 013 399b)
Statement Upheld Hospital acute services 22-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complains about the way Plymouth County Council, Livewell Southwest and NHS Devon discharged her father, Mr Y, from hospital. We uphold her complaint. We found fault with the way Mr Y’s discharge was handled. As a result, Mrs X has experienced distress and uncertainty. The organisations have agreed to apologise to Mrs X, make systemic improvements and pay a financial remedy.