Brunner Court Dental & Implant Practice Complaints Policy

Brunner Court tries to ensure that all patients are happy with their experience of our service and takes complaints very seriously. When patients make a complaint, we ensure they are dealt with courteously and promptly so that the matter is resolved as quickly as possible. We learn from every mistake and we respond to patients’ concerns in a caring and sensitive way.

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 which 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 out 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 enable us to establish what happened most easily.  If it is not possible to do that, please let us have details of your complaint:

Complaints about the treatment you received should be made to the dentist who normally sees you.  Alternatively, you may ask for an appointment with Kirsty Beresford in order to discuss your concerns. She 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 We Shall Do
We shall acknowledge your complaint within 2 working days and aim to have investigated your complaint within 20 working days and be in a position, to offer a full response. If a full response cannot be achieved due to the investigation still being in progress, we will keep you updated of our progress regularly until we are able to respond fully with our investigation findings.

In investigating your complaint, we shall aim to:

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 the permission to do so.  A note signed by the person concerned will be needed, unless they are incapable of providing this because of physical or mental illness or are a child under 16 years.

Complaining to Dental Complaints Service
We hope that, if you have a problem, you will make use of our practice complaints procedure.  We believe 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:
Dental Complaints Service
Stephenson House
2 Cherry Orchard Rd
CroydonCR0 6BA
Tel.  020 8253 0800
E-mail:  info@dental complaints.org.uk

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
E-mail:  Complaints@gdc-uk.org
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For those patients who have a complaint regarding treatment they have received under the NHS, they can also contact NHS England:
NHS England
PO Box 16738
Redditch
B97 9PT Tel. 01244 650400

For those patients registered with this practice with Denplan can contact Denplan via: The Head of Customer Services,
Denplan Limited,
Denplan Court,
Victoria Road,
Winchester,
SO23 7RG.Tel. 0800 023 4567Email: customerrelations@denplan.co.uk.