We welcome your feedback

We encourage you to provide us with feedback on any aspect of your care to enable us to learn from your experience and to implement change as necessary.

We also encourage you to comment on outstanding care so that we can feed this back to the areas responsible.

If you have any immediate concerns, speak with your caregiver straight away so the problem can be addressed as soon as possible.

St John of God Health Care upholds the right for a patient to lodge a complaint about care or service without being adversely effected during the course of a complaint.

Our policy reflects the St John of God values of respect and excellence in care and encourages a culture of listening receptively to others, learning and implementing change where considered appropriate.

You can lodge your feedback via this form or for different options go to the bottom of the page

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Feedback and complaints can also be lodged in any of the following ways:

• In person - please speak with reception caregivers who will direct your complaint to the appropriate department or the hospital co-ordinator for immediate attention
• In writing through our Compliments, Comments & Complaints brochure which can be obtained caregivers on any of the wards or reception and mailed back, postage paid 
• In writing - please address correspondence to the:

         Consumer Liaison Co-ordinator
         St John of God Geelong Hospital
         PO Box 1016
         GEELONG VIC 3220

• Email - feedback.geelong@sjog.org.au
• Phone - 5226 8888 - please speak with reception caregivers who will direct your complaint to the appropriate department or the hospital co-ordinator for immediate attention

All written complaints will be acknowledged by letter or telephone within five working days of their receipt. Verbal and written complaints will be dealt with in a similar manner.

A written response of resolution will be sent within 30 days as per our policy.

Where there is a delay in response the complainant will be advised of any delays at 15 day intervals.

All information will be protected by our privacy policies throughout the complaint management process.