The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, Jim Martin, published the institution's annual complaints report for 2013-14 about the NHS in Scotland.

From 1 November 2014, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s jurisdiction changed. This is as a result of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. He now has an extended role in relation to care homes, domiciliary care and palliative care services.

At the 18th Ombudsman's Awards Presentation Ceremony, Ombudswoman Connie Lau commended positive attitude of Government departments and public officers in complaint management.

The Office of The Ombudsman launches the publicity campaign of "Say NO to maladministration" from 30 October 2014 to mid-December.

A complainant approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, for transfer of Family Pension in the complainant's name. Ombudsman Sindh issued directives to the authorities concerned to initiate an enquiry into the case.

The Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman (EIO) is hosting the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) - African Union (AU) 1^st Bilateral Conference & 4^th General Assembly from 4 to 7 November 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the African Union (AU) hall.

At the 2014 meeting of the IOI Board of Directors, Dame Beverley A. Wakem resigned from her office as IOI President. Dame Beverley, whose term as Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand will end next year, took the occasion of the Vienna Board Meeting to bid farewell to her fellow members on the Board and hand the Presidency over to Adv. John R. Walters, Ombudsman of Namibia.

The IOI Board of Directors held its annual meeting from 27 to 29 October 2014 in Vienna, Austria. The IOI General Secretariat and the Austrian Ombudsman Board welcomed 18 of the 21 Directors of the Board in Vienna to discuss projects and priorities for the upcoming membership year.