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Mental Health Services: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

Asked by Tom GordonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 October 2024UIN 7893

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints relating to the mental healthcare service at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust there have been in each of the last three years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows information on concerns received by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust between 2021/22 and 2023/24:

Reporting year

Local issue resolution

Concerns raised with Patient Advice and Liaison Service

Complaints

Total

2023/24

206

1,773

498

2,447

2022/23

n/a

2,446

338

2,784

2021/22

n/a

2,281

293

2,574

Source: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Quality Accounts

Note: Concerns can range from an issue with a person’s care to environmental factors, such as parking on the Trust’s sites.

The Trust has advised that all complaints are managed in line with national guidance and it is committed to providing opportunities for its patients, their carers or their families to seek advice or information, raise concerns or make a complaint about the services that the Trust provides.

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