What is Independent Health Complaints Advocacy?
Advocacy provides practical support and information to people who want to complain about an NHS service.
It also supports people who want to make a complaint on someone else’s behalf.
The service aims to help people understand what their options are and to support them through the NHS complaints process to ensure they get the best possible resolution. Every person who accesses the service will have different needs and every complaint is different which is why the service adapts the approach it takes to each case and tailors the support it provides to meet individual needs.
You decide the level of support you need and an advocate will work with you to ensure you get the best possible outcome to your complaint.
You can contact them by:
Freephone: 0800 161 5600
Text: 07724 172811
Email: advocacy@ecstaffs.co.uk
If you experience any difficulties in relation to the services Shifnal & Priorslee Medical Practice provides, we hope you will speak to us use first so we can try to resolve any issues or concerns our Complaints Procedure.
However, if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us or that after using our complaints procedure we have not resolved the issue to your satisfaction , you can contact.
NHS Complaints Advocacy Service on 0300 3305454
NHS England on 0300 311 22 33
Healthwatch Telford www.healthwatchtelfordandwrekin.co.uk/
CONTACTING THE CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
If you have a genuine concern about a staff member or regulated activity carried out by Shifnal & Priorslee Medical Practice then you can contact the Care Quality Commission on 03000 616161, or alternatively visit the following website: http://www.cqc.org.uk
PALS, NHS ENGLAND & OMBUDSMAN
PATIENT ADVICE & LIAISON SERVICE (PALS)
PALS provide a confidential service designed to help patients get the most from the NHS. PALS can tell you more about the NHS Complaints Procedure and may be able to help resolve your complaint informally. You can visit the PALS Office which is situated at Princess Royal Hospital in the Main Reception.
Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday – 9am to 5pm
Friday – 9am to 4.30pm
Tel: 01952 282888/01952 641222 ext:4382
NHS SHROPSHIRE,TELFORD & WREKIN
After 1 July 2023, patients and members of the public can make a complaint about primary care services (such as GP services, pharmacy, optometry and dentistry) by contacting NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin instead of NHS England.
You can do so by phone, e-mail or written correspondence via NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Patient Services Team, at:
Telephone: 01952 580407
E-mail: stw.patientservices@nhs.net
In writing at: Patient Services Team, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Wellington Civic Offices, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1LX
There are two ways to make a complaint:
OMBUDSMAN
If you are not happy with our response, you can refer your complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman who investigates complaints about the NHS in England. You can call the Ombudsman’s Complaints Helpline on 0345 015 4033 or http://www.ombudsman.org.uk