Source · SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman)

A Dental Practice in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board area

SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Upheld Reference 201104012 Sector Health Category complaints handling Decided 01 April 2013

Full decision

Summary

Mr C raised a complaint about how a dental practice had handled his representations about treatment that he had received by a dentist at the practice. Although it was difficult to establish the exact sequence of events after Mr C complained, our investigation found that the practice had not handled his complaint in line with their complaints procedure and we upheld his complaint.

Recommendations

We recommended that the practice: review their procedures to ensure they deal with complaints in accordance with the NHS complaints procedure; and apologise to Mr C for their handling of this complaint.

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