Complaints about Fire and Rescue authorities This fact sheet is aimed primarily at anyone who has a complaint about fire services and who may be considering making a complaint to the Ombudsman. Can you investigate my complaint about the fire service? We can decide to investigate many different types of complaint about fire services. That includes complaints about operational matters (fighting fir ...

Ombudsman calls for reform of adult care complaints in annual review Complaints should be at the heart of any reform of adult social care in England, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is urging in its annual review of complaints. Launched today, the Ombudsman’s annual review collates data from every complaint it has received over the past 12 months about both independent and council- ...

Disabled North Yorkshire residents to see improvements to council’s home adaptations service North Yorkshire Council has agreed to improve the way it deals with Disabled Facilities Grant applications after a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation discovered it had a significant backlog of cases. While investigating a complaint from a resident about the time it was taking for his ...

Ombudsman reveals huge safeguarding backlog at London council More than 500 unread police welfare reports were uncovered during a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation into a safeguarding complaint about London Borough of Haringey. The Ombudsman was contacted by a woman who complained that Haringey did not act quickly enough when she reported concerns about a friend’s living si ...

Ombudsman issues second report after South Kesteven District Council used wrong test to consider man’s homelessness The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of issuing a further report against South Kesteven District Council for it refusing to pay a remedy to a man who asked for homelessness support. The Ombudsman found that the council failed to properly consider ...

Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and the Enforcement Conduct Board Contents: Chapter index for Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and the Enforcement Conduct Board Updated: 15 May 2025 Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and the Enforcement Conduct Board ...

Child with special needs missed months of education because of council bureaucracy A Trafford child has missed months of education despite the council identifying a suitable tutor within a fortnight of them leaving mainstream school, a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report has revealed. The child has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan because of their special educational needs. ...

Islington woman scared she would be “left to die” due to council inaction A disabled Islington woman was left in a state of neglect after her local council took too long to decide what funding it would give her to manage her own support needs, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has reported. The woman has several long-term health conditions that make it difficult for her to complete m ...

Council to apologise to Southend mother for not considering her needs as a carer Southend council has agreed to apologise to a mother for twice failing to assess her needs as a carer despite agreeing to do so in a previous investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. In the previous complaint, the mother told the Ombudsman Southend-on-Sea City Council had not carried out a par ...

Homeless Lincolnshire man left to sleep in car because of council failings A Lincolnshire man had to sleep in his car because South Kesteven District Council did not do enough to help him, when he told it he was homeless. The man, who has mental and physical health issues, applied to the council as homeless at the start of 2024. He told the council about his medical issues and said he was sleepin ...