Right to Respond

As part of our commitment to providing an honest and transparent view of health and social care services, Healthwatch Birmingham encourages providers to respond to comments the public have left.

Alongside ensuring providers can have a fair say in discussions about their services, replying to reviews demonstrates evidence of responding to patient feedback for the CQC, who regularly monitor our Feedback Centre. It is also an effective way to recruit service users for any wider engagement work at your organisation.

Guidelines for provider responses:

  • Keep language appropriate and civil
  • Remain professional and treat people’s comments fairly
  • Engage with the content of the review by addressing specific points and avoid cut and pasting a standard response
  • Don’t disclose the service user’s personal details or any potentially identifying information
  • Where appropriate leave organisational contact details e.g PALS or patient engagement teams for people to get further information

Remember: your response will be seen by everyone who uses the Feedback Centre, not just the original reviewer. All responses are moderated in accordance with our moderation policy.

For full terms and conditions, including a guide to how right to reply works for service providers download this guide.

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Original feedback for

Ashfield Surgery


I have experienced disastrous video calls

As a 64 yr old person with hearing loss I am unable to use a phone to make contact or for a consultation. I have experienced disastrous video calls. I wrote two letters to the Practice Manager outlining my problems and concerns for myself and other with the same problem as well as elderly patients who did not have or could not use the Internet. I did eventually get a reply advising me that they were looking to improve the online access! I did manage to make contact after via a “new” symptom form I did then have a more successful email consultation which did end with a face to face consultation. This again proved difficult as I couldn’t understand what the Dr was asking. Luckily he was IT competent so in the end he had to type his questions. The problem hasn’t been resolved but to be honest I can’t face the stress and the time it takes to try and get medical help. Im not the only one feeling anxious in case there is something more serious that’s going undiagnosed and treated! Before Covid I was very happy with the practice but I cannot understand why they are not following in the footsteps of other surgeries who are open for patients again Prize Draw Data