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Repeated failings in the way scans are read are leading to delays in cancer diagnosis, unnecessary operations and avoidable deaths, England’s Health Ombudsman has warned. Since publishing a report four years ago which highlighted mistakes in the way digital images...

The family of a man who died in hospital only discovered after his death that a Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) order had been put in place. An investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman (PHSO) found that Barts...

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) Rebecca Hilsenrath KC is visiting Wolverhampton to hear from MPs, NHS staff, charities and advocacy groups about local issues and discuss how people can get justice when things go wrong in public services.    The...

A hospital’s failure to diagnose a woman’s cancer denied her precious time with her family, England’s Health Ombudsman has found. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is urging hospitals to improve processes to avoid delays in diagnosis. A woman...

The Charity Commission failed to properly handle safeguarding concerns relating to historic child sexual abuse at a charity, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has found.  Damian Murray, 66, complained that the Commission and the Department for Education (DfE) failed to properly respond...