If you require support or extra assistance with complaining about medical treatment, you may access assistance from independent advocacy services. There are many available around the country, including:
Cloverleaf Advocacy Service
Cloverleaf covers areas across much of the North of England, including Lancashire, Calderdale, Kirklees, Barnsley, Wakefield, Rotherham, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Hull, and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Email: enquiries@cloverleaf-advocacy.co.uk
Tel: 01924 454875
PASS – Professional Advocacy Support Service
This organisation covers East Yorkshire and Humberside.
Email: passyorkshire@googlemail.com
Tel: 01482 845276
Mind, Derbyshire
This organisation covers Derby City.
Email: advocacy@derbyshiremind.org
Tel: 01332 623732
Age UK Derby & Derbyshire
This organisation covers Derby and Derbyshire.
Email: administration@ageukdd.org.uk
Tel: 01773 768240
NHS Complaints Advocacy
This organisation operates in several areas, including Bolton, Bradford, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Sunderland, and more.
Email: nhscomplaints@voiceability.org
Tel: 0300 330 5454
The Advocacy People
This organisation predominantly covers areas in the South of England, including Bournemouth, Poole, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Dorset, East Sussex, Isles of Scilly, Kent, Milton Keynes, Reading, Southampton, Wiltshire, and more.
Email: info@theadvocacypeople.org.uk
Tel: 0330 440 9000
Text: PEOPLE to 80800
Advocacy First
This organisation covers the London Borough of Bromley.
Email: info@advocacyfirst.org.uk
Tel: 020 8460 6712
Sandwell Advocacy
This organisation covers Sandwell in the West Midlands.
Email: sandwelladvocacy@btconnect.com
Tel: 0121 520 8070
POhWER
This organisation covers a range of areas throughout England, including Brighton and Hove, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, London, and more.
Email: pohwer@pohwer.net
Tel: 0300 456 2370
OPAALUK – Advocating Change for Older People
This organisation helps older people across all areas of the UK.
Email: colette.isaaks@opaal.org.uk