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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

Bordesley Green Surgery



Have never spoken to a Gp here

Moved from London to Birmingham in January, under exceptional circumstances. Registered with this surgery. My son has attempted to get a gp appointment with no luck. When I needed medication was told they didn’t have my medication records. Which was a blatant lie by practice manager. Attended in person with my other son and told the same thing by receptionist. Got my medical records but no medication records. Which is impossible if they have my medical records. Told receptionist that without medication I was very suicidal. Was told gp would call me at 1pm. No phone call from anyone at surgery. Called NHS 111 who dispatched me a 999 ambulance. The ambulance crew had to contact surgery to arrange my medication. Only got half of my medication. No pain relief given so still taking about 16-24 ibuprofen per day instead of my usual 500mg Neproxin one per day. Not one call from gp. Have lost any faith in the surgery being able to do the job correctly. Have ran out of my medication but I don’t want to bother contacting surgery because of their failure to do their job properly. Now I do not want to have a gp in Birmingham because of the bad experience. All I want now is my medical records and I will not use gp services in Birmingham anymore. Total failure.

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