Hundreds complain in Yorkshire over NHS treatment each week

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PATIENTS made more than 300 complaints a week about NHS services in Yorkshire in the past year, latest figures reveal.

There were 10,500 written complaints about hospital and community services in the region in 2011-12, with a further 5,000 about GPs and dentists.

Overall, there were 162,000 complaints made in England about services. Almost half of those concerning hospitals and community health services were about doctors and surgeons while more than one in five of the complaints were made about nurses, midwives and health visitors.

There were 54,900 written complaints about GP practices and NHS dental services ? a rise of eight per cent on the previous year.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...kshire-over-nhs-treatment-each-week-1-4877542
 
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