Hi,
 
 I got a letter from Marybone Healt Centre now, that I don't know what to with, other than to send it as an update to you.  Hope this is alright!
 
 
 Yours sincerely,  
 
 
 Erik Ribsskog 
 
 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:  Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com> 
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM Subject: Complaint Marybone/Fwd: 70818: Update/Fwd: Complaint to Health Service Ombudsman To:  liverpoolicas@carersfederation.co.uk 
Hi,  I was wondering, do you think it's ok for me to deal with this complaint in writing, since I think that's better, since English is not my first language, so I'm a bit disadvantaged by this, in meetings, I think.  
 
 And I didn't like the doctor and the nurse there, so I'd rather not go back.  Hope this is alright!
 
 
 Yours sincerely,  Erik Ribsskog
  
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:  Phso Enquiries <Phso.Enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk> 
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:00 PM Subject: RE: 70818: Update/Fwd: Complaint to Health Service Ombudsman To: " eribsskog@gmail.com" < eribsskog@gmail.com> 
 
  
 
 Dear Mr Ribsskog  
    
 Our Ref: EN-70818 (please quote this
 reference in all correspondence concerning this matter)  
    
 Thank you for your emails
 of 5 and 19 January 2010 to the Health Service
 Ombudsman, providing an update to your complaint and attaching letters from
 Marybone Health Centre (the Centre) and Liverpool PCT (the PCT).  
    
 You explain that the Centre has invited you to attend
 a meeting to try to resolve your complaint, but it would feel awkward for
 you to attend a meeting and you would prefer the Centre to respond to your
 complaint in writing. While meetings can be a useful way to resolve
 complaints, it is open to you to explain your reasons for not wanting to
 attend a meeting and to ask the Centre to correspond with you in writing to try
 to resolve your complaint. Alternatively, you could ask for help from your
 regional Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) office. My email below
 dated 13 November 2009 gives details about ICAS. It may
 be that an ICAS advocate can attend the meeting with you, which may subsequently make a meeting feel less awkward
 for you.   
  I also note that the PCT has offered for you to make your complaint
 to them so they can handle it rather than the Centre. This is another way
 forward and if you find this more suitable you should let the PCT know by
 contacting their Customer Service Department. I note that they have provided you with their
 contact details.  
    
 Please contact me if you have any questions.  
    
 Yours sincerely   
    
 Daniel Wallis  
 Customer Services Officer  
    
 Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman  
 24th Floor  
 Millbank Tower  
 Millbank  
 London  
 SW1P 4QP  
    
 Telephone: 0345 015
 4033   
 
  
From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
  Sent: 19 January 2010 17:23 To: Phso
 Enquiries Subject: Update/Fwd: Complaint to Health Service
 Ombudsman
   
Hi,
  I received a new letter from Marybone Health Centre today, so I enclose
 this letter as an update.  
 Hope this is alright!  
   
Yours sincerely,  
 Erik Ribsskog  
 
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:  Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com> 
Date:
 Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Complaint to Health Service
 Ombudsman To: Phso Enquiries < Phso.Enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk> Hi,
 
   
thank you for your e-mail!  
   
I sent a letter to the Health Center, on 13/12, and received an
 answering-letter on 18/12, (which I attach to this e-mail).  
 It says in the letter, from the Practice Manager, that the Health
 Center wants me to meet a doctor there, and not the Practice Manager, for a
 meeting.  
   
But I don't really like the Health Center, any longer, unfortunatly, since
 I didn't like the nurse or the doctor.  
   
Do I have to go to the meeting, or can I ask the Health Center if they can
 deal with the complaint in writing?  
 When I think about it, it just seems a bit awkward, to me, to go back
 to Health Centre, so I would have thought it was better to deal with it in
 writing.  
 Do you think this is possible to achieve, that the complaint is being
 dealt with in writing?  
   
I don't mean to be inpolite, or anything, but I'm more comforable with
 dealing with the complaint in writing, also since English isn't my first
 language, and I think that if the complaint is being dealt with in writing then
 it's easier to avoid, that people try tricks etc., in meetings, since summaries
 aren't always written and aren't always accurate etc.  
   
So I was just wondering if you think it's possible to deal with complaints
 like this in writing, without me having to go to the Health Centre for a
 complaint-meeting, since I think it's a bit awkward now, going there, after how
 the nurse and the doctor were there, the last time I went there.  
 Thank you very much in advance for your reply!
 
   
Yours sincerely,  
 Erik Ribsskog  
 
 
 
   
 
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Phso Enquiries  <Phso.Enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk> wrote: 
  
  
Dear
 Mr Ribsskog  
   
Our
 Ref: EN-70818 (please quote this reference in all correspondence
 concerning this matter)  
   
Thank
 you for your emails of 16 and 22 October 2009
 to the Health Service Ombudsman about two 
 GP practices. You
 do not know the name of one of the practices, but name the other practice as
 Marybone Health Centre.  
   
The
 Ombudsman’s role is to look into complaints about poor treatment or service
 provided by the NHS.  
   
The
 Ombudsman usually deals with complaints after the local NHS complaints
 procedure has been completed. From the emails you have sent,
 it seems you still need to complete this process.  If you
 wish to continue with your complaint, you should first write to the
 Practice Manager of the
 GP practices and ask them to resolve it.   
   
If,
 receiving the final response from the practices you remain
 unhappy, it is then open to you to re-approach the Ombudsman. You will need to
 explain specifically what was wrong with their response to your
 complaint and to state what you want the Ombudsman to do. At that point we
 will look at your complaint carefully to decide if we can help. There is no
 automatic right to an investigation by the Ombudsman; there has to be a good
 reason for her to investigate a complaint.  
   
You should send us copies of any relevant correspondence
 and papers which you have. We will also need written permission to obtain any
 papers and records connected to the complaint, and to know whether legal
 action is being taken about it (as that may prevent the Ombudsman from looking
 at the complaint).  
   
If you need direct help or advice in making a complaint,
 you should contact your regional Independent Complaints Advocacy Service
 (ICAS) office. You can find their details from the following
 link:  
   
http://www.carersfederation.co.uk/what-we-do/icas/office_results.php?region=north_west  
   
ICAS is a voluntary organisation providing independent
 advocacy to people making complaints under the NHS complaints
 procedure.  
   
I note that part of your complaint is about not being
 allowed to register with a GP practice. You may find the following link
 helpful that explains about registering with GP
 practices:  
   
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1095.aspx?CategoryID=68&SubCategoryID=158  
   
Please contact me if you have any
 questions.  
   
Yours
 sincerely   
   
Daniel Wallis  
Customer Services Officer  
   
 
 
 
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman  
24th Floor  
Millbank Tower  
Millbank  
London  
SW1P 4QP  
   
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