This consultation ended 6 May 2024.
Reviewing responses
The responses to this consultation are currently being reviewed. Details of the outcome will be published here in due course.
Original consultation
We want your views on the way concerns and complaints about NHS care are raised, investigated, and responded to.
Consultation documents
Consultation document: easy read version , file type: PDF, file size: 2 MB
Additional information
The Putting Things Right process intends to:
- place patients at the heart of the process
- improve the focus on compassionate, patient-centred communication
- improve the Putting Things Right process to be more inclusive
- include an escalation process for urgent concerns of deliberate abuse or harm
- provide answers after someone dies
- refresh the arrangements to provide free legal advice and medical expert reports
You can read the current legislation that governs the Putting Things Right process.
We have also published guidance on handling concerns for staff working for the NHS.
Help and support
Large print, Braille and alternative language versions of this document are available on request.