Complaints

We take complaints very seriously. If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from any of the clinicians, or any of the staff working within the practice please let us know. We operate a practice complaints procedure as part of the NHS system for dealing with complaints.

 

How to complain

 

We hope that most problems can be resolved easily and quickly, often at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be resolved in this way and you wish to make a formal complaint, this should be put in writing, as soon as possible, ideally within a matter of days or at the most a few weeks. This will enable us to establish what happened and resolve your complaint more easily.

 

Complaints should be addressed to the Practice Manager – Lauren Hill or alternatively, you may ask for an appointment with her in order to discuss your concerns; she will explain the complaints procedure to you and will make sure that your concerns are dealt with promptly.

 

What will we do

 

We shall acknowledge your complaint in writing, within three working days of receipt and aim to have reviewed your complaint and provide a response to you providing details of our findings within ten working days of the date when you raised your complaint with us. When we investigate your complaint we would aim to:

 

Conduct a thorough investigation into your complaint.

 

Offer you the opportunity to discuss your complaint in more detail with the Practice Manager if appropriate.

 

Make sure you receive a full and open explanation of our findings with regards to your complaint.

 

Identify what we can do to ensure a satisfactory conclusion for resolving your complaint.

 

Identify how we can learn from the complaint and introduce measures wherever possible to ensure that re-occurrences do not happen.

 

Offer our apologies for any distress or inconvenience caused to you or your family.

 

Complaining on behalf of someone else

 

Please note that we keep strictly to the rules of medical confidentiality. If you are complaining on behalf of someone else, we have to know that you have their permission to do so. A letter signed by the person concerned will be needed, unless they are incapable (because of illness) of providing this.

 

Complaining to the NHS Commissioning Board

 

We hope that if you have a problem you will use our practice complaints procedure. We believe this will give both of us the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve our practice and patient care.

 

This does not affect your right to approach the NHS Commissioning Board, if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us or you are dissatisfied with the result of our investigations. You can contact the NHS England Commissioning Board

 

Tel: 0300 311 2233

 

NHS England. PO BOX 16738 Redditch. B97 9PT Tel: 0300 311 2233

 

Other useful contacts

 

Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) West Yorkshire. Tel: 0800 052 5270

 

Parliamentary & Health Services Ombudsman. Tel: 0345 015 4033