Patient safety

‘Frightened’ complaints handlers feel like ‘underclass’ of NHS

By 2021-09-21T10:05:00

Rob behrens

NHS complaints handlers are ‘frightened’ to raise concerns to trust leaders and feel like they are treated as the ‘underclass’ of the health service, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has said.

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