We hope that, if you have a problem, you will contact the surgery and speak to the Practice Manager, Sarah Petter in the 1st instance. We believe that this will give us the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and the opportunity to improve our practice.
However this does not affect your right to approach PALS (Patient Advice and Liasion Service) if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us or you are dissatisfied with the way we are dealing with your complaint.
Contact details for PALS are:
Mariea Kennedy – PALS officer
Tel: 0800 028 3693 option 2
Email: Mariea.Kennedy@nottspct.nhs.uk
Team email: Pals.south@nottspct.nhs.uk
Address: FREEPOST
Patient Advice and Liaison Service
NHS Nottinghamshire County
Civic Centre
Arnot Hill Park
Arnold
Nottingham
NG5 6LU
COMPLAINTS
Hilary Cole – Complaints Manager
Tel: 0115 883 1814 (31814)
Email : Hilary.cole@nottspct.nhs.uk
Team email : Complaints.south@nottspct.nhs.uk
Address: Complaints Team
Nottingham & East, Nottingham West & Principia Clinical Commissioning Groups
NHS Nottinghamshire County (Until 01.04.13)
Civic Centre
Arnot Hill Park
Arnold
Nottingham
NG5 6LU
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
The NHS employs over a million staff in thousands of locations. It is a large and complex organisation providing a broad range of services. It is not surprising that sometimes you or a loved one may feel bewildered or concerned when using the NHS. And this can be at times when you are feeling at your most vulnerable and anxious.
So, what should you do if you want on the spot help when using the health service? The NHS expects all members of staff to listen and respond to you to the best of their ability. But sometimes, you may wish to talk to someone employed especially to help you. The Patient Advice and Liaison Service, known as PALS, has been introduced to ensure that the NHS listens to patients, their relatives, carers and friends, and answers their questions and resolves their concerns as quickly as possible.
PALS also helps the NHS to improve services by listening to what matters to patients and their loved ones and making changes, when appropriate.
What does PALS do?
In particular, PALS will:
- Provide you with information about the NHS and help you with any other health-related enquiry
- Help resolve concerns or problems when you are using the NHS
- Provide information about the NHS complaints procedure and how to get independent help if you decide you may want to make a complaint
- Provide you with information and help introduce you to agencies and support groups outside the NHS
- Inform you about how you can get more involved in your own healthcare and the NHS locally
- Improve the NHS by listening to your concerns, suggestions and experiences and ensuring that people who design and manage services are aware of the issues you raise
- Provide an early warning system for NHS Trusts and monitoring bodies by identifying problems or gaps in services and reporting them.
Find out more
If you would like more information about PALS, the functions it is intended to provide and the standards it should strive to achieve , follow this link.