Want to make a complaint?
If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from the doctors or any of the staff working in this practice, please let us know. We operate a practice complaints procedure as part of the NHS system for dealing with complaints.
How to complain?
We hope that most problems can be solved and addressed quickly, often at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be addressed 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 as this will enable us to review the situation more easily. You may still complain up to 12 months after the incident occurs or even longer if there are good reasons for not complaining earlier, and provided it is still possible to investigate matters effectively and fairly.
Complaints should be addressed to the Practice Manager. Alternatively you may ask for an appointment with the Practice Manager in order to discuss your concerns. They will explain the complaints procedure to you and will make sure that your concerns are dealt with promptly. Please help by being as specific as possible about your complaint.
Practice Manager/Partner responsible for complaints:
Mrs Julieanne Page
The Grange Surgery
The Causeway
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU34 4JR
Tel: 01730 267722
Email: SEHCCG.thegrangesurgery@nhs.net
Alternatively you could raise a complaint with NHS England if you do not feel able to raise a complaint directly with us. They can be contacted via telephone on: 0300 311 2233 or by email: england.contactus@nhs.net
What do we do?
We shall acknowledge your written complaint within three working days and aim to have looked into your complaint within a reasonable timeframe. We should then be in a position to offer you an explanation, or a meeting with the people involved. We shall aim to find out what happened and what went wrong and to identify what we can do to make sure the problem does not happen again. If there is likely to be a delay, we will tell you the reasons and we will keep you informed of our progress.
We will inform you in writing of the outcome of our investigations.
Although we hope you will feel able to contact the practice first, if you prefer you can make your complaint direct to VoiceAbility, Unit 1, The Old Granary, Westwick, Oakington, Cambridge, CBH24 3AR, email address: info@voiceability.org. Tel: 01223 555800. This service can support you with advice, information and guidance. More information can be found on the VoiceAbility website: www.voiceability.org.
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 will need their signed consent to respond to you about the issue, unless they are medically incapable of providing this.
If you are still dissatisfied:
We hope that we will be able to resolve any problems satisfactorily using the above procedure. However, if you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the investigation you have the right to approach the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Millbank Tower, London SW1P 4QP, Tel: 0345 015 4033, or email: phso.enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk.
Want to make a suggestion?
Your comments and suggestions are important to us, please click on the link below and complete the form to send them to us. Please only use this form for comments about the practice and suggestions as to how we can improve our service to you.
Medical matters and official complaints cannot be dealt with via this form. If you have a query regarding a medical matter please telephone reception to make and appointment to see the appropriate person.