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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
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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.

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Original feedback for

Bournbrook Varsity Medical Centre



Overall they have been very very good

At the start of the pandemic there were issues where they only sent phone contact details and they don't work well for me as a deaf person. The email address in their SMSes didn't work. I later walked past their building and saw another email address and when I emailed that, they said the SMS email address isn't used... It still appears on all SMSes I don't know if this is out of their control. They agreed to let me use email to contact them and did some stuff by email instead of phone during the early pandemic days. I have been able to manage video appointments as the sound and video sync are good and the staff are very patient. I had to have one emergency f2f appointment after a suspected clot issue. The GP who only knew me a little was aware I am deaf and arranged to remove her mask and just use a visor when we were in the consulting room and she could distance. She was very clear and helpful, and understanding that when she had to send me to A&E I was very stressed about masks and hearing people and getting a companion in to assist with communication. Overall they have been very very good during the pandemic. The only bad this was this silly email address that is on all their SMSes which doesn't work, which is dangerous. Prize Draw Data

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