Feedback and complaints

We are continually looking to turn patient feedback into real improvements in the services we provide. We use it to focus on the things that matter most to our patients, carers and their families.

Giving feedback

To provide feedback:

fill out a feedback form
take part in the Friends and Family Test
leave a review on the NHS website
phone us on 01263 724500

Complaints Procedure

How to complain

We aim to provide patients with the best care that we can but sometimes we will fall short of the mark. By telling us when we have not met your expectations we can continue to build and improve upon the services we offer. We can also make sure you receive an apology where this is appropriate.

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 a few days or at most a few weeks – because this will enable us to establish what happened more easily.

If it is not possible to do that please let us have the details of your complaint within 12 months of the incident that caused the problem.

The GP Partner responsible for complaints is Managing Partner Mrs. Linda Marquis, Managing Partner to whom your complaint should be addressed. Alternatively you may ask for an appointment with Linda Marquis in order to discuss your concerns. She will explain the complaints procedure to you and make sure that your concerns are dealt with promptly. It will be a great help if you are as specific as possible about your complaint.

What we shall do

Acknowledge your complaint within three working days.
Invite you to agree a plan of how the complaint will be handled and agree a reasonable timescale for investigating and concluding the complaint.
If you decline a discussion to agree a plan we will inform you in writing how the complaint will be investigated and the expected timescales.
Once a complaint has been investigated a letter will be sent to you explaining how the complaint was investigated, the conclusion reached and any actions to be taken as a result of the findings.
After investigation details of how to take the complaint to the NHS Ombudsman will be included with the conclusion of the complaint.

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. We will require this authorisation in writing from the patient whom you making the complaint on behalf of.

If you are dissatisfied with result of a practice investigation

We hope that, if you have a problem, you will use our practice complaints procedure.

We believe that this will give you the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve our practice. If you feel that you are dissatisfied with the result of our investigation you have the right to ask for an independent review through the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) if you do not feel this issue has been resolved locally.