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We are laying before Parliament, under section 14(4) of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (as amended), this report on a joint investigation into a complaint made to us as Health Service Ombudsman for England and Local Government Ombudsman for England.
The complaint is about Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (the Trust) and Wiltshire Council (the Council). The complaint was made by Miss M about the standard of mental health care provided to her late mother, Mrs M, and particularly about the necessity for Mrs M to fund her own placement in a residential care home.
Our reason for laying this report before Parliament is to allow our joint investigation report to be in the public domain.
Dame Julie Mellor, DBE
Health Service Ombudsman for England
Dr Jane Martin
Local Government Ombudsman for England
October 2012
