Walsall trust failed man with HIV, ombudsman finds

‘It’s just really sad that I don’t think to this day… there is a willingness to change,’ says former patient

An NHS Trust failed in its care of a man who had his surgery delayed at short notice because he was HIV positive, the health ombudsman has found.

The 48-year-old man, who did not want to be named, was due to undergo surgery to remove a cyst from his prostate at Walsall Manor hospital, West Midlands, in March 2020.