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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust UCL Institute of Child Health
 

Children and families

Advice and support

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (Pals)

About Pals

Man with girl and boyPals is a free and confidential service which helps patients, parents and carers with any information, concerns, or problems that they have about their NHS care/service.

Girl wearing glasses in hospitalIt is recognised that sometimes the service that patients receive is not as good as it should be. The hospital values your comments whether positive or negative as they helps us to improve our service.

  • Pals will help and advise on any issue related to your hospital experience. We recognise that being in hospital can cause lots of difficulties and we are happy to listen and offer our support.
  • Man with girl and boyPals will liaise with the various departments in the hospital on your behalf to resolve your problems and where appropriate refer you to outside help.
  • Pals are also able to provide health information on wide range of medical conditions.

Pals attempts to resolve your problems quickly, however If you feel the need to complain about any aspect of your NHS experience we will be happy to advise and guide you through the complaints procedure.

We promise to:

  • contact you in person within 24 hours of your request
  • advise you on the options available and help you to resolve your problem
  • deal with your concerns in confidence and only pass on information to other departments with your permission
  • keep you regularly informed of the progress of any action you ask us to take on your behalf
  • ensure that all your needs are met and that you receive the same quality of service as any other user of Pals
  • use your experiences to help improve services in the future

We welcome any suggestions that you feel would help to improve the Pals service.

Pals staff

The service is staffed by

  • Grainne Morby the Family Advocate ( Pals manager)
  • Luke Murphy and Joy Chadbourne (Pals officers)
  • Christine McCormack the Pals office administrator

How to contact us

1852 ExteriorYou can contact the Pals staff:

  • By phone: 020 7829 7862 (direct line)
  • By email: pals@gosh.nhs.uk
  • In person: You are welcome to visit the office during opening times to discuss any issues that you may have.

How to find us

The Pals office is located opposite the shop in the main reception area of the hospital.

Opening times

We are open:

  • Monday to Friday: 09.00-17.00
  • Saturdays: 10.00-12.30

If you are not happy

If you are not happy with the service you receive from Pals please contact Grainne Morby (Pals manager and head of patient and public involvement) by email or in writing to:

Grainne Morby
Pals manager and head of patient and public involvement
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH