A businessman has questioned why his 89-year-old mother was moved from one Oxford hospital to another in the middle of the night.

Lesley Seligman was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital on April 2, after hurting her leg in a fall at her home in Woodstock.

It was decided that the pensioner needed surgery for a skin graft, so she was moved to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford but not until 1am.

Her son Paul said it was the second time she had been let down by the NHS in under seven months.

In July last year, paramedics took more than six hours to transport Mrs Seligman on a seven-mile journey to hospital after she had a stroke.

At the time, Oxfordshire Ambulance Trust apologised to Mrs Seligman, blaming a high volume of more urgent calls.

Mr Seligman, who was brought up in Oxford and lives in London, said: "I feel my mother has been badly let down. The first time taking six-and-a-half hours to get her to hospital was gross negligence.

"This time, I fear it's a case of gross indifference. Moving an elderly woman in the middle of the night is not acceptable.

"The NHS should be a patient-focused organisation, not one run for the convenience of its employees."

Mr Seligman added: "My view is, unless there is a medical emergency, they shouldn't move someone, let alone an elderly and confused person. The health service has a duty of care to my mother, and I can't help but think they have breached this."

Mrs Seligman was discharged from hospital on Saturday.

An Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust spokesman said new guidelines for staff about when to transfer patients were being drawn up.

He said: "Mrs Seligman was admitted to the clinical decision unit at the JR, which is a busy assessment area.

"We like to transfer patients to an appropriate ward as soon as possible so they receive the best care possible.

"We apologise to Mrs Seligman for the distress caused by transferring her late at night and we are looking in more detail at what happened in her case."