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Consumer feedback and enquiries

Consumer feedback

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service welcomes your feedback about your experience with us and our services. Your compliments, concerns and suggestions help us to understand what's important to you. Your feedback will assist us to provide the best service we can to our patients and their families.

If you choose to formalise your feedback, you are welcome to use this online form.

If you have a general enquiry, please direct it to one of our main switchboards at Bundaberg Hospital (4150 2222), Hervey Bay Hospital (4325 6666), Maryborough Hospital (4122 8222), or please go to our Quick Find phone directory.

  

In an emergency, call 000.

  

How can you provide a compliment, complaint or feedback?

  In person to the staff member who is providing your service, or the person in charge of the area.
  Complete our online form
  Call the Clinical Governance Support Unit on 07 4184 1824.
  Complete a feedback form (available in all WBHHS facilities) or write a letter and hand it to a staff member, or send to
Clinical Governance Support Unit,
PO Box 592, Hervey Bay Qld 4655
.
Email us at WBHHS-CGSU@health.qld.gov.au
 

If you are not satisfied with the resolution to your complaint you are able to request a further review of your concerns by appropriate staff within WBHHS.  Alternatively, you are able to contact an independent and external body such as the Office of the Health Ombudsman on 133 OHO (133 646) or
www.oho.qld.gov.au/make-a-complaint

How do we manage your feedback?

When we receive feedback we take the following steps to thoroughly investigate the concern.

  All feedback is logged into our electronic database (Riskman).
  We provide you with a formal acknowledgement that we have received your feedback within 5 days.
  We assess your concerns and investigate the issues. This is undertaken by senior clinicians or leaders in the area of concern. The process is supported and coordinated by our Clinical Governance Facilitators to assist in providing a thorough and timely response.
  We aim to give you a response within 35 days. Depending on the complexity of your concern, it could take a little longer. If it does take longer than 35 days, we will keep you informed as to our progress.
  This procedure (PDF 659 kB) describes the processes for WBHHS staff to receive, investigate, and respond to consumer feedback from patients, families, carers and advocates.

Please fill out this form

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Do you require assistance with the following?
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Would you be willing to participate as a consumer representative in future service improvement activities? (If yes, ensure contact details have been completed.)
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Last updated: 6 August 2021