Feedback and complaints

We make every effort to give the best service possible to everyone who attends our practice. However, we are aware that things can go wrong resulting in a patient feeling that they have a genuine cause for complaint. If this is so, we would wish for the matter to be settled as quickly, and as amicably, as possible.

To pursue a complaint please do not hesitate to call the Practice Management Team or use the feedback form below, to discuss any concern you may have or if you would like us to help you with the process.

Give feedback

How to complain

Most problems can be sorted out quickly and easily, often at the time they arise with the person concerned and this may be the approach you try first.

Where the issue cannot be resolved at this stage, please contact the practice management team who will try to resolve the issue and offer you further advice on the complaints procedure. A complaints form is also available at the reception desk. If your problem cannot be resolved at this stage and you wish to make a formal complaints please let us know as soon as possible, ideally within a matter of days. This will enable the practice to get a clear picture of the circumstances surrounding the complaint.

If it is not possible to raise your complaint immediately, please let us have details of your complaint within the following timescales:

  • Within 12 months of the incident that caused the problem or.
  • Within 12 months from when the complaint comes to your notice.

The practice will acknowledge your complaint within three working days and throughout the investigation of your complaint you will be kept inform of the process and associated time lengths where possible.

When the practice looks into your complaint it aims to:

  • Ascertain the full circumstances of the complaint.
  • Make arrangements for you to discuss the problem with those concerned, if you would like this.
  • Make sure you receive an apology, where this is appropriate.
  • Identify what the practice can do to make sure the problem does not happen again.

Taking your complaint further

If you want to make a complaint about primary care services to the commissioner, you will now contact the Black Country Integrated Care Board instead of NHS England.

You can do this by:

  • Completing complaint form: Complaint Form :: Black Country ICB
  • Writing to us at: Time2Talk, NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) Civic Centre, St Peter’s Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1S

Find out more by visiting Customer services – Time 2 Talk.

Let the practice know your views

Eve Hill Medical Practice is always looking for ways to improve the services it offers to patients. To do this effectively, the practice needs to know what you think about the services you receive. Tell us what we do best, where we don’t meet your expectations plus any ideas and suggestions you may have. Only by listening to you can the practice continue to build and improve upon the service it offers.

All feedback that the practice receives is discussed with our patient representative group, to ensure that our actions are appropriate to the patient populations.

Practice complaint procedure

Many concerns can be resolved be giving us your feedback. However, if your concern cannot be resolved at this level and you feel that you would like to complain about the service you have received from the practice, please let us know.

The practice operates a Complaints Procedure as part of the NHS system for dealing with complaints. Our complaints system meets national criteria. This procedure is described in this document, or could be discussed in more detail with our Practice Manager, Kelly Houseman. Please note that if you make a complaint it is practice policy to ensure you are not discriminated against, or subjected to any negative effect on your care, treatment or support.

NHS NHS complaints advocacy services

Complaints Advocacy Services is a national service that supports people who want to make a complaint about their NHS Care or treatment. OMBUDSMAN If you are not happy with the response from this practice, 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 www.ombudsman.org.uk or Textphone (Minicom) 0300 061 4298.

Contact the Care Quality Commission

If you have a genuine concern about a staff member or regulated activity carried on by this Practice then you can contact the Care Quality Commission on 03000 616161, or alternatively visit the following website: www.cqc.org.uk.

Complaining on behalf of someone else

Eve Hill Medical Practice keeps strictly to the rules of medical confidentiality. If you are complaining on behalf of someone else, the practice needs to know that you have their permission to do so.

Complaining to other authorities

The practice management team hope that if you have a problem you will use the practice complaints procedure. However, if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us, you can contact any of the following bodies: