Last Updated on February 21, 2023 by team
If you have a complaint or concern about the service you have received from the dentists or any of the staff working in this practice, please let us know. We operate a practice complaints procedure. Our complaints system adheres to national criteria.
How to complain
We hope that most problems can be sorted out easily and quickly, at the time they arise and with the person concerned. If your problem cannot be sorted 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 because this will help us to establish what happened most easily. If it is not possible to do that please let us have the details of your complaint.
- Within 6 months of the incident that caused the problem; or
- Within 6 months of discovering that you have a problem, provided this is within 12 months of the incident
Complaints about the treatment you received should be made to the practice manager Charlotte Rodger. Alternately you may ask for an appointment with either Nick or Steve to discuss your concerns. He will explain the complaints procedure to you and will ensure that your concerns are dealt with promptly. It will help if you are as clear as possible about your complaint.
What shall we do
We shall acknowledge your complaint within 3 working days, and a written response will be sent within 10 working days of the date you raised it with us. We shall then be in a position to give you an explanation or offer a meeting with those involved.
In investigating your complaint, we shall aim to:
- Find out what happened and what went wrong
- Enable you to discuss the problem with those concerned, if you would like this
- Ensure you receive an apology where this is appropriate
- Identify what we can do to make sure the problem does not happen again.
Complaining on behalf of someone else
Please note that we keep strictly to the rules of confidentiality. If you are complaining on behalf of someone else, we have to know that you have permission to do so. A note signed by the person concerned will be needed, unless that you are incapable of providing this because of a physical mental illness or are a child under 16.
Complaining to the Dental Complaints Service
We hope that if you have a problem, you will make use of our practice complaints procedure. We believe that this will provide the best chance of putting right whatever has gone wrong and an opportunity to improve our practice. However this does not affect your right to complain to the Dental Complaints Service, if you feel you cannot raise your complaint with us or you are dissatisfied with the result of our investigation. If you wish further advice you should contact:
Telephone:
0208 253 0800 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm)
Online:
Contact the Dental Complaints service through their enquiry form
Write to:
Dental Complaints Service
37 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8DQ
Email: info@dentalcomplaintsservice.org
You may also like to contact the General Dental Council for more advice
The General Dental Council
37 Wimpole Street
London
W1M 8DQ
Tel. 020 7887 3800
Email: complaints@gdc-uk.org
Those patients registered with this practice under Denplan can also contact Denplan for telephone advice:
Denplan
Tel: 0800 169 7220
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