Complaints About Social Care

Care Aware
Oct 14, 2024
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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman look at individual complaints about councils, adult social care providers, including care homes and home care agencies, and some other organisations providing local public services. They offer a free service to investigate complaints in a fair and independent way.

Their published findings offer a useful reference point on many of the day-to-day issues of social care.

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