Compliments
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We recognise and greatly value positive feedback from the people we serve. Therefore, we want to hear from you whenever you feel the service you have received merits praise. This helps us to:-
Compliments are welcomed in the form of a:
When presenting your compliment could you provide:
Please forward your compliment directly to: Penny Pilkington Gloucester Homecare Services 139 Corinium House Corinium Avenue Barnwood Gloucester GL4 3HX |
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Complaints procedure
We always aim to provide a high standard of care in all our services.
Our customers’ views are important to us and help to ensure our services are consistently meeting people’s needs. If you are unhappy with any of our services it is important that you let us know.
If a complaint alerts us to possible abuse or neglect we will tell the Council’s adult safeguarding team. The safeguarding team will decide how to investigate and monitor outcomes.
Making a suggestion
Often people feel more comfortable about suggesting improvements rather than complaining formally. Anyone receiving services, and their friends/ family, may make a suggestion. First you should speak to the Manager or their Deputy.
If the suggestion is something that Gloucester Homecare services as a company needs to consider you can send it to:
Penny Pilkington
Gloucester Homecare Services
139 Corinium House
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
Making a complaint
We aim to handle complaints quickly, effectively and in a fair and honest way. We take all complaints seriously and use valuable information from investigating to help us improve the service we provide. We treat all complaints in confidence. Gloucester Homecare Services assures clients and their families that it will not withdraw or reduce services because someone makes a complaint in good faith.
How to make a complaint
You can make a complaint:
Anonymous complaints
We deal with anonymous complaints under the same procedure; however it is better if you can provide contact details so we can tell you the outcome of our investigation.
Responsibility
The Registered Manager has overall responsibility for dealing with all complaints made about their service. We will provide as far as is reasonably practical:
How we handle complaints
The Registered Manager or Deputy Manager may ask one of the seniors to investigate the complaint. That person will have enough seniority and experience to deal with the issues raised by the complaint.
We will acknowledge a complaint within 3 working days and give you the name and contact details of the person investigating it.
We will keep you informed about the progress of the investigation. We aim to have all complaints finished within 28 working days unless we agree a different time scale with you.
When we have finished investigating, we will arrange to meet with you to discuss the outcome, and write to you with:
Time limits
You should complain as soon as you can after the date on which the event occurred or came to your notice. If you complain more than twelve months later, we may not be able to investigate properly. But we shall also consider whether you had good reason for not making the complaint sooner and whether, despite the delay, it is still possible to investigate the complaint effectively and fairly.
Further steps
At any stage during the process, if you are not happy with the way the service is dealing with your complaint you can contact our Registered Manager, Penny Pilkington at:
Gloucester Homecare Services
139 Corinium House
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
Once we have dealt with your complaint, if you are not happy with the outcome you can refer your complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and ask for it to be reviewed. The LGO provides a free independent service.
You can contact the LGO at:
N.B. The LGO will not normally investigate a complaint until the provider has had an opportunity to respond and resolve matters.
Gloucester Homecare Services, services are registered with and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC cannot get involved in individual complaints about providers, but is happy to receive information about services at any time.
You can contact the CQC at:
CQC National Customer Service Centre
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
Tel: 03000 616161
Website: www.cqc.org.uk
If a complaint alerts us to possible abuse or neglect we will tell the Council’s adult safeguarding team. The safeguarding team will decide how to investigate and monitor outcomes.
Making a suggestion
Often people feel more comfortable about suggesting improvements rather than complaining formally. Anyone receiving services, and their friends/ family, may make a suggestion. First you should speak to the Manager or their Deputy.
If the suggestion is something that Gloucester Homecare services as a company needs to consider you can send it to:
Penny Pilkington
Gloucester Homecare Services
139 Corinium House
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
Making a complaint
We aim to handle complaints quickly, effectively and in a fair and honest way. We take all complaints seriously and use valuable information from investigating to help us improve the service we provide. We treat all complaints in confidence. Gloucester Homecare Services assures clients and their families that it will not withdraw or reduce services because someone makes a complaint in good faith.
How to make a complaint
You can make a complaint:
- In person
- By telephone
- Through a member of our staff
- Through an advocate or representative where someone complains orally we will make a written record and provide a copy of it within 3 working days
- By letter
- By email
Anonymous complaints
We deal with anonymous complaints under the same procedure; however it is better if you can provide contact details so we can tell you the outcome of our investigation.
Responsibility
The Registered Manager has overall responsibility for dealing with all complaints made about their service. We will provide as far as is reasonably practical:
- Any help you need to understand the complaints procedure; or
- Advice on where you may get that help.
How we handle complaints
The Registered Manager or Deputy Manager may ask one of the seniors to investigate the complaint. That person will have enough seniority and experience to deal with the issues raised by the complaint.
We will acknowledge a complaint within 3 working days and give you the name and contact details of the person investigating it.
We will keep you informed about the progress of the investigation. We aim to have all complaints finished within 28 working days unless we agree a different time scale with you.
When we have finished investigating, we will arrange to meet with you to discuss the outcome, and write to you with:
- Details of the findings;
- Any action we have taken; and
- Our proposals to resolve your complaint
Time limits
You should complain as soon as you can after the date on which the event occurred or came to your notice. If you complain more than twelve months later, we may not be able to investigate properly. But we shall also consider whether you had good reason for not making the complaint sooner and whether, despite the delay, it is still possible to investigate the complaint effectively and fairly.
Further steps
At any stage during the process, if you are not happy with the way the service is dealing with your complaint you can contact our Registered Manager, Penny Pilkington at:
Gloucester Homecare Services
139 Corinium House
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
Once we have dealt with your complaint, if you are not happy with the outcome you can refer your complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and ask for it to be reviewed. The LGO provides a free independent service.
You can contact the LGO at:
- Tel: 0300 061 0614
- Website: www.lgo.org.uk
N.B. The LGO will not normally investigate a complaint until the provider has had an opportunity to respond and resolve matters.
Gloucester Homecare Services, services are registered with and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC cannot get involved in individual complaints about providers, but is happy to receive information about services at any time.
You can contact the CQC at:
CQC National Customer Service Centre
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
Tel: 03000 616161
Website: www.cqc.org.uk
139 Corinium House
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
t. 01452 549495
m. 07538 700191
e. info@gloucesterhomecareservices.co.uk
Corinium Avenue
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3HX
t. 01452 549495
m. 07538 700191
e. info@gloucesterhomecareservices.co.uk
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