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ANNEX 4B - WHEN IS A COMPLAINT SIGNIFICANT?

The Commission wishes to hear about significant complaints regarding people who have a mental disorder including those who have dementia or learning disability and which concern allegations of:

· ill treatment
· deficiency in their care or treatment
· any loss or damage to their property
· improper detention.

It is not possible to define precisely a "significant complaint" but the Commission offers the following general guidelines:

· any complaints alleging actual or intended physical or sexual assault
· any allegations of other ill-treatment or cruelty, neglect or abuse
· any complaint of failure to comply with statutory provisions, including improper detention and unlawful treatment
· any complaints of maladministration of patients' funds and property
· any complaints of failures to make satisfactory arrangements for care after discharge from hospital.

Procedure for dealing with referrals of significant complaints:

The Commission will scrutinise all significant complaints referred to it and determine whether there is any need for it to make further enquiry.

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