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Investigation Report 200601583

  • Report no:
    200601583
  • Date:
    May 2008
  • Body:
    Forth Valley NHS Board
  • Sector:
    Health

Overview

The complainant (Mrs C) raised a number of concerns about the care and treatment that her husband had received before his death in Bo'ness Hospital on 30 March 2006.

Specific complaint and conclusion

The complaint which has been investigated is that Mrs C was not allowed to visit her husband, because of an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus in his ward in the days leading up to his death in Bo'ness Hospital in March 2006 (not upheld).

Redress and recommendations

The Ombudsman has no recommendations to make.

Updated: December 11, 2018