Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board -
The complainant raised concerns about the care and treatment provided for his sister about three weeks before her sudden death and also about the adequacy of information provided before her discharge from hospital.
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Highland NHS Board - complaint concerns a woman (referred to in this report as Mrs C) who claimed that Highland NHS Board (referred to in this report as the Board) had failed in their care of her grandmother (referred to in this report as Mrs A) while a patient in Portree Hospital (the Hospital), Portree from 23 December 2004 until her death on 1 March 2005.
Lothian NHS Board - complaint concerned a woman (referred to in this report as Mrs C) who complained against Lothian NHS Board (the Board) regarding the care and treatment received by her late father, Mr C, at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh (the hospital). Mr C, who had Alzheimer’s disease and was aged 86, was admitted to the hospital on 17 July 2005. In the early hours of the morning on 19 July 2005 he fell out of bed and broke his hip. He later underwent surgery to repair the hip. Mr C died on 2 August 2005.
A Dental Practitioner in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board Area - complaint was from an advocacy worker on behalf of her client (referred to in this report as Mrs C). Mrs C complained that her former dentist (Dentist 1) had improperly administered her with an anaesthetic causing her to suffer an adverse reaction and long-term illness.
Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board - complaint was from a woman (referred to in this report as Mrs C) against Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board (the Board). Mrs C is confined to a wheelchair with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She complained that the Board’s policy on provision of physiotherapy for people with long-term disabilities was discriminatory.
Grampian NHS Board - complaint was from a man (Mr C) against Grampian NHS Board (the Board) regarding the care and treatment provided for his mother, Mrs C, at Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen (the hospital) in March 2004. Mrs C was admitted to the hospital on 25 March 2004 at about 01:00. Sadly she died there at about 10:55 that day.
A GP in the Grampian NHS Board Area - complaint was from a woman (Mrs C) who claimed that her late husband (Mr C)'s general practitioner (GP) was responsible for his death because of his incorrect diagnosis and inadequate standard of care at several telephone and face-to-face consultations between December 2003 and February 2004.
A Dental Practitioner in the Lothian NHS Board Area - complaint was from a woman (referred to in this report as Ms C) who claimed that her dentist (the dentist) had failed to provide her with dental bridgework which was identical to her original teeth as had been promised and agreed. The complaint which I have investigated concerned the dentist’s failure to provide dental bridgework to an acceptable standard.
Forth Valley NHS Board - complaint was from a woman (referred to in this report as Mrs C) about the service she had received in 2002 and 2003 from the Department of Dynamic Psychotherapy of Forth Valley NHS Board's Primary Care Operating Division (previously known as Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust) and about the Division's handling of her complaint.
Lothian NHS Board - complaint was from a man (referred to in this report as Mr C) on behalf of his wife (Mrs C) about one of Lothian NHS Board's (the Board) hospitals in caring for and treating her problems following the delivery of their son in January 2005.