If you have a complaint about any hospital or community care service, it is often helpful to speak to the person in charge, for example, the Manager, the Matron, the Ward Sister or Therapist.
They will listen to your concerns and may be able to look into what has happened without the need for you to make a formal complaint.
If you cannot resolve your complaint informally, you can make a formal complaint through the following contacts.
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust runs Dewsbury, Pinderfields, and Pontefract hospitals, along with many community services. You can find the full range of services on their website www.midyorks.nhs.uk.
Telephone 01924 542972
Email myh-tr.palsmidyorks@nhs.net
Write to Patient Advice and Liaison Service, Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust run Fieldhead Hospital, Newton Lodge, Baghill House Health and Wellbeing Centre, Drury Lane Health and Wellbeing Centre, along with many other community services such as dementia services and Admiral Nurses, and learning disability services, including across Barnsley, Calderdale, and Kirklees. You can find the full range of services on their website www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk.
Telephone 0800 587 2108
Email customerservices@swyt.nhs.net
Write to Customer Services, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Block 10, Fieldhead, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP.
West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
If you feel unable to complain directly to the service provider yourself, you can complain to the local Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Our local ICB is the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, who commission – buy in – health services for people across West Yorkshire, including Wakefield District.
The ICB will work with all the organisations involved to provide you with a coordinated response.
Please note: If you have already complained to your NHS healthcare provider, the ICB cannot reinvestigate the same concerns.
Telephone 01924 552150 Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 4.30 pm, excluding bank holidays.
Email wyicb.pals@nhs.net
Or write to Patient Advice and Liaison Service, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, White Rose House, West Parade, Wakefield WF1 1LT.
Find out more about their processes here www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/contact/comments-concerns-complaints
If you have tried to resolve your complaint at the local level and this has failed, you can ask the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to look at your complaint.
This is the final stage for unresolved complaints. For more information, go to www.ombudsman.org.uk or telephone 0345 015 4033.
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If you need help or would like to speak to someone, please get in touch.
We also have independent NHS Complaints Advocates who can support you through the process.
Find out more here NHS Complaints Advocacy.
Telephone 01924 787379, text 07885 913396, email enquiries@healthwatchwakefield.co.uk.