Tagged: Health Service Ombudsman

Focus on Disability - For Disabled People, the Elderly and their Carers in the UK

22nd October 2015

Dad dies of infection after ‘devastating’ NHS gaffes

A DAD died of blood poisoning after doctors failed to diagnose an infection properly, an official report has revealed. It slammed the “devastating impact” when NHS bosses fail to respond properly when things go wrong....

Care Services

13th June 2015

Aggrieved but unlikely to complain about NHS & public service care

Charlie Cooper writes in The Independent – Only one in three people who are unhappy with their NHS care or with other public services actually complain, according to a survey conducted by the ombudsman. The...