The Health Service Ombudsman has today published a report which highlights service failure and lost opportunities to save the life of a young woman with physical and learning disabilities in 2009 which led to injustice for her family.

Kingston upon Hull City Council has agreed to review its practices when dealing with homelessness applications following an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO).

A family, which was left to live in a cramped, unsuitable home for more than two years by Isle of Wight Council, should have their housing needs reviewed, following a report by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO).

El Sr. D. Pablo de Greiff se encuentra de Misión en España entre los días 21 a 31 de enero de 2014 bajo el Mandato de la ONU y como Relator Especial sobre la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no repetición

The Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, has today welcomed the steps taken by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to ensure that the Long Term Illness card scheme does not discriminate on the basis of where an applicant lives. The Ombudsman’s report, 'Local Rules for National Schemes - Inequities in the administration of the Long Term Illness Card Scheme’, follows a refusal by the HSE to award a Long Term Illness Card* (LTI card) to a boy diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The HSE refused the LTI card on the grounds that the boy did not meet the medical criteria for eligibility. In her complaint to the Ombudsman, the boy’s mother, Ms Kelly (not her real name), contended that her son met the relevant medical criteria and she claimed that had he lived elsewhere in Ireland (he lives in Wexford), her son would have been awarded a LTI card.