We made a number of recommendations to the Belfast Trust after we found failures in the way it treated a patient with a fractured leg. We concluded that delays in removing her leg cast and in monitoring her pressure sores caused sepsis and contributed significantly towards her premature death.
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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