The Belfast Trust should have given a patient an urgent ultrasound scan rather delay the procedure for a week. It should also have told him the scan revealed there was a ‘significant’ chance of him losing his testicle, leaving him in shock when he was told the news by his GP.
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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