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COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS
COMPLIMENTS
We are always keen to hear positive feedback on the services we provide. If you wish to compliment us on the service you have received then please tell the doctor or member of staff. If you wish to compliment us more formally then you can write to Linda Edwards, Operations Manager, Dorking Hospital, Horsham Road, Dorking, RH4 2AA or telephone Linda Edwards on 01306 646212. We will always pass these comments on to the relevant individuals involved in your care.
COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from the doctors or any of the staff working in this department, please let us know. We operate a complaint's procedure that is in line with the wider NHS regulations for dealing with patient complaints.
HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT:
We hope that any member of staff can sort out most problems easily and quickly, and hopefully on the spot. If your problem can not be sorted out in this way and you wish to make a formal written complaint, we would like you to let us know as soon as possible.
Complaints should be addressed to Linda Edwards, Operations Manager, Dorking Hospital, Horsham Road, Dorking RH4 2AA. You may also ask for an appointment with Linda Edwards in order to discuss your concerns. The complaint's procedure will be explained to you and we will 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.
Alternatively, you can address your complaint to the Complaint's Manager at Surrey PCT, Cedar Court, Guildford Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9RX (Tel. 01372 201715)
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Whichever route you take you will receive an acknowledgement of your complaint, verbally or in writing, within 3 working days. We shall investigate and respond to you as quickly as possible. We will ask how you would like to be informed of the outcome. When we look into your complaint, we shall aim to:
- Find out what happened and what went wrong
- Make it possible for you to discuss the problem with those concerned, if you would like this
- Make sure you receive an apology, where we have made an error
- Find a solution to any immediate concern, where possible
- Identify what we can do in the future to make sure the problem does not happen again
You can be assured that you will not be discriminated against because you have made a complaint, and that your care and treatment will not be affected in any way.
COMPLAINING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE:
Please note that we keep strictly to the rules of medical confidentiality and Data Protection. If you are complaining on behalf of someone else, we have to know that you have their permission to do so. A note of consent, signed by the person concerned will be needed, unless they are incapable (because of illness) of providing this.
INDEPENDENT SUPPORT DURING THE COMPLAINT PROCESS
Should you require independent support with the complaint's procedure you should contact:
ICAS (Independent Complaints' Advocacy Service)
Clarendon House, 9 -11 Church Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7QG
Telephone Number: 01256 463758
The PALS (Patient Advice & Liaison Service) manager at Surrey PCT will also be able to give you advice. Tel 01372 384397 (pals@surreypct.nhs.uk)
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE STILL UNHAPPY WITH OUR RESPONSE
You can ask us for a meeting to explain our response or discuss other possible resolution options such as independent lay conciliation. If, after this, you still feel that your concerns have not been resolved, you can ask the Health Service Ombudsman for an independent review of your case.
You can telephone the Ombudsman's office on 0345 015 4033 www.ombudsman.org.uk.
Registered office: The Surgery, Tanners Meadow, Brockham, Surrey RH3 7NJ