Poor communication, errors in diagnosis and poor treatment tops the list of hospital complaints investigated by the Ombudsman
Date of article: 26/11/2014
Daily News of: 26/11/2014
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United Kingdom
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Article language: en
A report published today has revealed that the top three reasons for hospital complaints investigated by the Ombudsman Service were poor communication, errors in diagnosis - including delays in diagnosis, misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose - and poor treatment. Other reasons for complaints in this period were staff attitude, no apology when things go wrong and unnecessary delay in treatment.
