News
Wrong advice leads to £45k pay out for farmer
20 March 2015
A young farmer has now received the £45k he was denied by the Rural Payments Agency, following a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigation. The farmer, in his 20s, from Herefordshire had been complaining to the Rural Payments Agency for...
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Vulnerable elderly woman suffers severe facial bruising in hospital that failed her
16 March 2015
A woman in her 90s suffered serious bruising to her face just before she died after falling in hospital, a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigation found. The vulnerable partially sighted lady was admitted to University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust...
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Dr Uzma Qureshi interview
9 March 2015
Bradford GP Dr Uzma Qureshi works as a lead clinical adviser for the PHSO and tells Neil Durham (of GP Magazine) about her role Learning that your work is the subject of an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service...
Corporate news
Morecambe Bay Investigation report
6 March 2015
Mick Martin, Managing Director at the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said: The Morecambe Bay Investigation report revealed significant failings in care and treatment and we sympathise with the families who lost loved ones. 'We fully support the report and...
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Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s statement in response to the Morecambe Bay inquiry
3 March 2015
Mick Martin, Managing Director at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said: We welcome the report's recommendations. The proposed review of the NHS complaints system to improve the quality of complaint handling at a local level is a step forward and...
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