The Latest Breaking News from SPSO

Ayrshire countryside plagued with polystyrene blocks as furious row erupts

Robert Steele claims the blocks have fallen off the back of pick up trucks operated by a construction firm hired by South Ayrshire Council.

Daily Record · Feb 13, 2023

Tragic Ayrshire hospital patient was 'denied' chance of early palliative care

And medical staff “should have checked” the medication prescribed to see if it was “working,” and “review or prescribe something else,” according to findings from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO).

Daily Record · Sep 9, 2022

NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff forced to restrain patient during life-threatening episode

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) said the organisation’s treatment of the patient was of a “reasonable standard” and that the likelihood of having to restrain the patient “had been anticipated.”

Daily Record · Aug 2, 2022

Wife left to give dying husband CPR in back of Scots ambulance after medic 'couldn't do it'

Ambulance chiefs have been ordered to apologise to the patient’s grieving widow after Scotland’s health watchdog upheld her complaint.

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2022

NHS Forth Valley apologises in three cases after separate complaints to Ombudsman

NHS Forth Valley has apologised after three separate complainers took their cases to the Public Services Ombudsman.

Daily Record · May 26, 2022

NHS Lothian sorry after GP prescription delay caused patient distress

The health board has apologised for the failings identified by the watchdog, after a patient had to wait 48 hours for medication to treat a lung infection.

Edinburgh Live · May 20, 2022

NHS Tayside told to apologise to patient for failing to spot they had suffered a stroke

The patient reported symptoms after undergoing a procedure at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee and only found they had suffered a stroke the following day after they went to see a GP

Daily Record · May 12, 2022

Breast cancer patient claimed she was given 'false reassurance' at NHS Ayrshire and Arran GP practice

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) concluded that the patient was given “appropriate examinations” and an “appropraiate referral” to hospital following an investigation into the case.

Daily Record · Apr 22, 2022

Seriously ill patient discharged from NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospital into taxi wearing nightwear when they were 'not clinically fit' to leave

A report concluded that medics missed opportunities to diagnose the patient's kidney failure.

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2022

GP practice cleared of wrongdoing in tragic child cancer case in Ayrshire and Arran

The case centres around a young patient whose parents complained about the treatment they received.

Daily Record · Feb 25, 2022