Hospital complaints fall; GP complaints rise

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Hospital complaints fall; GP complaints rise
The NHS Information Centre has published the latest annual figures for written complaints in the NHS for the period between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008.

The figures show that the number of written complaints about hospital and community health services has fallen by 4 per cent from 90,801 in 2006-07 to 87,080 in 2007-08. However, there has been an increase (3 per cent) in the number of written complaints about general practice (including dental) health services from 42,592 in 2006-07 to 43,942 in 2007-08.