We welcome your comments and suggestions on the service we provide. If you have a minor complaint, please let us know and we will try and put it right straight away. If you have a compliment we would like to know about it too! The practice has suggestion boxes up in the waiting areas of the surgery.
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 helpfully as possible.
To pursue a complaint please contact Rachel Hazell, the Practice Manager, who will deal with your concerns as set out in the Welsh Government’s Complaints Protocol . Concerns and complaints – Putting Things Right – Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (nhs.wales)
Information about ‘Putting Things Right’
More information and resources in alternative formats and languages can be found on the Welsh Government putting things right website (opens in new tab).
Putting things right guidance in alternative formats (opens in new tab)
Putting things right guidance in foreign languages (opens in new tab)
What to expect when you make a complaint
When you make a complaint, you will be contacted within two working days, we will investigate your complaint openly and honestly and will respond to you within 30 working days wherever possible. If the investigation is expected to take longer, we will contact you to explain why, and you will receive a regular update.
The NHS Duty of Candour
From April 2023 The duty of candour is a legal requirement for all NHS organisations in Wales. It requires them to be open and transparent with service users when they experience harm whilst receiving health care. They will be required to:
- talk to service users about incidents that have caused harm
- apologise and support them through the process of investigating the incident
- learn and improve from these incidents
- find ways to stop similar incidents from happening again
This duty builds on the Putting Things Right that has been in place since 2011.
As a service user you do not need to do anything for the duty of candour.
Go to the Legislation.gov.uk website to read the Duty of Candour Regulations
Watch the video to learn more about the Duty of Candour.
Getting help to raise your concern
What is Gwent Advocacy Service?
Advocacy is a free, independent and confidential service that assists you to know your rights and to have more voice, choice and control when decisions are made that affect you.
Please telephone 0808 801 0566
Gwent Advocacy Service – Home Page (gata.cymru)
Public Services Ombudsman For Wales
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your complaint, please let us know so that we can discuss this with you. Additional steps can be taken to try and answer all of your questions. However, if you are still not happy, you can report it to the Public Services Ombudsman For Wales but only if your complaint has already been investigated by the surgery.
Address: Public Services Ombudsman For Wales. 1 Ffordd Yr Hen Gae, Pencoed, CF35 5LJ
Telephone: 0300 790 0203
Email: ask@ombudsman.wales
