Patient Feedback

Your health and wellbeing is our priority. We want your experience in the hospital to be safe and comfortable. Meeting your needs is important and happens best when patients, families and health care workers work together. This means being involved in your own health and medical treatment.

We want you to fully understand any information you are given when in hospital. We recommend that our staff use plain english when talking with you and in written information. There are also some things you can do to help. Here are some tips:

Before meeting with health care workers:
Think about any concerns beforehand and write your questions down.

When you don't understand a medical term or concept:
Ask for it to be explained to you more simply.

Check that you understand what has been said to you:
Repeat back to the healthcare provider what you think they said and what you must do.

Make sure you know the answers to these 3 questions before you leave the meeting:

1. What is my main problem?
2. What do I need to do?
3. Why is it important for me to do this?

(Taken from Ask Me 3 Campaign)

We want to listen to you and learn from your experience. Your feedback is used to plan our services and make improvements. There are many ways to give feedback. You can give your feedback to:

• The healthcare workers who are caring for you
• The hospital’s Patient Experience Office or Complaints Manager
• The hospital’s Patient Representative Group, by becoming a member
• The National Inpatient Experience Survey

Further information on how to give feedback.