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Complaints

Everything you need to know about making and managing healthcare complaints.

Make a complaint

Unhappy about a healthcare service? Simple steps to making a complaint. more

What you can complain about

You can complain to us about a wide range of health services. If we can't help, we'll try to refer you to another agency that can. more

How we can help

Resources and information to step you through our complaints process and make it easy to find the help you need. more

Know your rights

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights sets out the rights of everyone using the Australian health system. more

Service charter

What you can expect from us - our service charter, code of conduct, guiding policies and how to make a complaint about us. more

Need an interpreter?

If you need help in your own language, call the Translating and Interpreting Service, telephone 131 450. more

Complaints about registered healthcare practitioners

Important information about making a complaint to us about a registered healthcare practitioner. more

Complaints about unregistered practitioners

Important information about making a complaint to us about an unregistered healthcare practitioner. more

Tips for complainants

If you're thinking of making a complaint, these tips will help you clarify your concerns and the outcome you seek. more

Tips for providers

If you receive a complaint, these tips will help you manage it quickly and effectively. more

Access information

Making it easy to access information through a right to information or information privacy request. more

Refer a complaint

Referral form for external agencies and healthcare providers wanting to refer a complaint to us for consideration. more

Request a review

When we close a complaint, there is an opportunity to request a review of our decision. Information on how to apply. more

Investigations

We have powers to investigate the quality of health services in Queensland. By investigating, we aim to identify opportunities for improvement. more

Frequently asked questions

Answers to common questions about making a healthcare complaint to us. more

My complaint

Every complaint is important to us. However, due to signficant demand for our complaint resolution and assessment services, we are unable to immediately start work on every case. You can check on our progress in allocating complaint cases here. more

 

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