{"id":1199,"date":"2025-09-11T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supersoftdigiads.in\/smile_art\/?page_id=1199"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:52:55","slug":"complaints-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/supersoftdigiads.in\/smile_art\/complaints-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We try to ensure that all of our patients are pleased with their experience of our services. We welcome feedback from patients and take any complaints seriously. We aim to deal with any complaints courteously and efficiently so that they can be resolved as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Our complaints procedure outlines how we will deal with any complaints.<\/p>\n

The person responsible for dealing with any complaints in the practice is\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Archana Mehta\u00a0<\/p>\n

Complaints Made Verbally<\/p>\n

If you wish to make a complaint over the phone or in person, we will listen to your complaint and offer to refer you to the complaints lead. If they are unavailable, the staff member will take your details and a brief explanation of the complaint to pass on. Your complaint will be acknowledged within 3 working days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Complaints Made via Email or Letter<\/p>\n

Any letters or emails regarding a complaint will be immediately passed to the complaints lead. Your complaint will be acknowledged within 3 working days.<\/p>\n

Investigation<\/p>\n

We will contact you to discuss your complaint unless it can be resolved easily. Any complaints involving clinical care will be referred to the treating dentist unless you request this not to happen.<\/p>\n

We will then investigate your complaint and will aim to have a response for you within 10 working days. If it is not possible to resolve this within that time frame, we will inform you and let you know when it is likely to be resolved.<\/p>\n

Once we have made a decision regarding your complaint we will inform you by your preferred contact method.<\/p>\n

It is possible that if a complaint regards clinical care or is complex, we may need to seek advice from our insurers, indemnifiers or legal advisors and, therefore, may need to share some of your information for this purpose.<\/p>\n

Complaints to External Bodies<\/p>\n

We hope that, if you have a problem, you will make use of our practice complaints procedure.\u00a0 We believe this will provide the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve our practice.\u00a0 However, this does not affect your right to complain to an independent body, if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us or you are dissatisfied with the result of our investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The CQC: The CQC don’t get directly involved with complaints made to the practice. They do, however, encourage giving feedback to service providers.<\/p>\n

To send feedback to the CQC please go to: https:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\/give-feedback-on-care<\/a><\/p>\n

Telephone:\u00a003000 616161\u00a0(Mon to Fri, 8.30am – 5.30pm\u00a0Excluding Bank Holidays)<\/p>\n

You can also contact the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman if you are unhappy with how the practice, or ICB, has dealt with your complaint.<\/p>\n

Telephone: 0345 015 4033<\/p>\n

Website: https:\/\/www.ombudsman.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Private: Dental Complaints Service<\/p>\n

Telephone: 0208 253 0800 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)<\/p>\n

Website: https:\/\/dcs.gdc-uk.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

GDC<\/p>\n

Telephone: 0854 222 4141 or 0207 887 3800<\/p>\n

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