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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

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

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

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Bowel rupture tragedy complaint against NHS Ayrshire & Arran thrown out

The health board were adjudged to have administered “a reasonable standard of treatment” in the case, according to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO).

Daily Record

Wife forced to give dying husband CPR in back of ambulance in 'shocking' failing

The woman was asked to perform CPR on her dying husband in the back of the ambulance, with the ambulance technician offering her no assistance, a report revealed

Daily Mirror

Scottish wife forced to give CPR to dying husband after medic 'couldn't do it'

Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Bailie described the incident as an "absolutely shocking and distressing case." The widow reportedly gave CPR to her husband in the back of an ambulance with no help from the technician

Edinburgh Live

Wife gives dying husband CPR in back of ambulance as crew member does nothing

The Scottish Public Service Ombudsman upheld a complaint from the widow after she complained about treatment her husband received after he took seriously unwell at home.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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