A hospitals trust has been found guilty of a catalogue of errors in care provided to a patient who died following a biopsy, an investigation has concluded.

The patient, known as Mr C, died from internal bleeding two days after undergoing the procedure on his liver in 2010.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) was found not to have provided an adequate care plan for Mr C and lost his clinical records, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found.

BHRUT runs King George Hosptial in Goodmayes and Queen’s in Romford, but the hospital where Mr C was treated has not been disclosed.

The ombudsman said: “The outpatient appointment did not provide an adequate care plan for Mr C and he should not have been discharged from A&E.

“Consent for the biopsy was not properly obtained and Mr C was not properly monitored and cared for after the biopsy.

“Mr C was given inappropriate medication after the biopsy and the trust lost clinical records and two crucial scan images. The Trust's complaint handling was poor.

“It was impossible to judge whether the biopsy was safe to proceed with, because of the missing records.

“We were unable to say if Mr C's death could have been avoided, but he was not given the best possible chance of surviving.”

BHRUT is in special measures after being criticised for poor standards of care last year by the Care Quality Commission and is about £40million in debt.

The report states that BHRUT apologised for the incident and paid £500 in compensation.

The trust has been contacted for a response to the findings.