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Welcome to SWASFT

Contact information

Your views are important to us, both positive and negative.

Please select the way in which you would like to contact us. Options are to the left – email, telephone or in writing.

Compliments 

If you would like to say thank you on behalf of yourself or someone else, please complete the form below:

You can find out more about the compliments process by clicking here

If you feel your feedback is neither a compliment or a complaint, please email compliments@swast.nhs.uk with your comments, we really appreciate your feedback and would be glad to hear from you. 

Comments, concerns and complaints

Although we aim to provide a high-quality service, there will be times when we do not get it right. We encourage you, our patients and families, to get in touch with us when you believe that our service has not been as it should.

We welcome the opportunity to learn from these situations and to use them to improve future services.

Our Patient Experience team is your first point of contact should you have a comment, concern or complaint about the service you have received and we will do our best to deal with them quickly, fairly and efficiently.

If you wish to raise a comment, concern or complaint on behalf of someone else, we will need to obtain appropriate consent and, if this is not possible, we discuss with you what we need to do to progress the matter.

On receipt of all comments, concerns and complaints, we will:

  • Acknowledge these verbally and / or in writing within three working days of its receipt;
  • Agree with you what will happen next;
  • Investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident;
  • Explain what action we are going to take;
  • Aim to provide you with a response within 35 working days, or sooner, and explain when this is not possible.

What happens if you are not satisfied?

The Trust will do everything possible to ensure that your comment, concern or complaint is addressed in full and to your satisfaction. If, however, you do remain dissatisfied, you can contact the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

Contacting Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP

Telephone: 0345 015 4033 or visit www.ombudsman.org.uk

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South Western Ambulance Charity

The South Western Ambulance Charity, founded in 1995, uses gifted monies to benefit those in our communities who use our service and to improve the welfare of the staff and volunteers of the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. 

Our charitable support covers Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire including Bristol and Swindon.

If you would like to show your appreciation for the care that you or your loved one has received from us in the form of a charitable donation please visit our online giving website: Donate to South Western Ambulance Charity | Give as you Live Donate