Complaints

Please see our complaints procedure.

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE - ENGLAND -UNITY SURGERY

 

PATIENT COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

 

If you have a complaint or concern about the service that you have received from the doctors or any of the staff working in the Practice, please let us know. We operate a Practice Complaints Procedure as part of the NHS system for dealing with complaints. Our system meets national criteria.

 

How to Complain

 

We hope that most problems can be sorted out easily and quickly, often at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be sorted out in this way and you wish to make a complaint, we would like you to let us know as soon as possible - ideally, within a matter of days or at most a few weeks - because this will enable us to establish what happened more easily.

 

You should normally make a complaint within twelve months of the event, or within twelve months of becoming aware that you have something to complain about. However, these time limits may be waived if there are good reasons why you could not complain earlier and if we are still able to investigate the complaint fairly and effectively in spite of the delay.

 

Complaints can be made either orally or in writing to Dr Azim Khan or Practice Manager

 

What We Will Do

 

We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint within 7 working days either orally or in writing and will offer to discuss the matter with you.

 

We will offer you a meeting to agree a timeframe for resolution and to reach an agreement with you on how you wish the complaint to be handled and the likely period for completion of the investigation and response to you. If you would prefer not to accept the offer of a discussion we will determine a specified response period and notify you in writing of that period.

 

We will aim to investigate and deal with all complaints efficiently and speedily. We will send you a written response with a report on the investigation as soon as reasonably practicable. If we are not able to meet the response deadline we have agreed with you, we will contact you to advise why and negotiate another timescale.

 

All oral complaints will be recorded in writing by the Practice and you will be provided with a copy of the written record.

 

When we look into your complaints, we will aim to:

 

  • find out what happened and what went wrong

 

  • advise you what we will do to put the matter right

 

  • make sure you receive an apology where this is appropriate.

 

  • identify what we can do to make sure the problem does not happen again.

 

We hope that if you have a problem, you will use our Practice Complaints Procedure. We believe this will give us the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve the services provided by our Practice.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint at local level you can ask the Ombudsman to independently review your case by writing to:

 

The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman

Millbank Tower

Millbank

London

SW1P 4QP

 

Or email

Phso.enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk

 

Or phone: 0345 015 4033

Website: www.ombudsman.org.uk

 

If You Need Help

 

If you need assistance in making a complaint you can contact the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service at:

 

POhWER

 

www.pohwer.net

 

tel 0300 020 0093

 

PO Box 14043, Birmingham B6 9BL

 

Although the Practice would welcome the opportunity to investigate your complaint, you may prefer to choose to make your complaint to the NHS England , details as follows:

 

Email:           england.contactus@nhs.net

 

Contact Number:                            0300 311 2233

 

Postal address:                              

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
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