Responding and Resolving Complaints: A guide to effective investigation

Postponed

Tuesday

16 April

2024

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Overview

This full-day in-person course is the final programme in our Resilience and Resolution Series and can be taken as a standalone course, or as a follow-up to our 'Criticism, Concerns and Complaints', 'The Power of Apology', and 'Managing Challenging Behaviour' courses.

Course aims:

This course aims to support healthcare professionals to proactively investigate and respond effectively to complaints.

The course will be limited in numbers to encourage engagement and participation and will include discussion in plenary and in break-outs. Drawing on work from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, the course will include video and case study analysis and interaction using small group and plenary discussion. Delegates will also have longer term access to a resources page of useful materials on our Education Portal.

By the end of the course you will:

Understand how to undertake an investigation
Recognise the common challenges and barriers to resolution
Interpret data and use a structured approach to communicate your findings
Discuss how feedback and complaints can impact on learning and improvement

Using a structured approach, we will explore the steps needed for effective investigation of complaints including:

Agreeing the complaint
Gathering the data
Analysing the evidence
Communicating the decision
Learning and Improvement

For a taster and to learn more about dealing with complaints, listen to RCPE's recent podcast episode with Dr Dorothy Armstrong.

Audience:

This short course is suitable for all healthcare professionals involved in responding to complaints. Managers or leaders who carry out investigations will find the course useful in providing support and a number of resources, tools and tips for use within their settings.

Event delivery:

Please note that this event will be run in-person at the College and there will be a mix of presentations, group discussion and breakout sessions throughout the day. Lunch is included. Participants will also have access to a series of resources on our Education Portal to support this course.

Course Director

Dr Dorothy Armstrong, Director of DA Professional, Lead Adviser to Scotland's Ombudsman and Honorary Fellow University of Edinburgh

Please note: due to the nature of the course and the interactive elements, this course will not be recorded or made available on-demand.

Programme

Tuesday 16 April 2024

09:30	Registrations and Coffee
10:00	Welcome and Introductions Ways of working; Gilbert Model.
10:30	Session 1: Decision Making in Complaints Using a structured approach to investigating and responding to complaints
11:10	Coffee break
11:25	Session 2: Agreeing the complaint Steps for early resolution and the power of the apology
12:00	Session 3: Gathering the evidence Examining the facts and types of evidence
12:45	Lunch and networking
13:30	Session 4: Analysing the evidence What happened? What should have happened? and Biases
14:00	Session 5: Communicating the Decision Words create worlds - reframing language, and tips for good communication
14:30	Comfort break
14:45	Session 6: Learning into practice Case scenarios and learning and improvement from complaints
15:45	Closing round
16:00	Thanks and Close

Fees

**Registration fees**
	Fee
Standard fee	£195
RCPE Fellow	£135
RCPE Collegiate / Associate / Foundation Member	£135
Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist / Postgraduate student	£115

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Event Coordinator. Manual booking will be required as payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within seven days of this event, we are unable to provide a refund. However, you may nominate someone else to take your place at the discretion of the organisers.

Further Information

This event is open to health care professionals. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). A certificate of attendance with CPD information will be issued electronically, to individual delegates who have completed the attendance survey within 28 days, via email.

Please note - certificates can only be issued to delegates who have attended and who's completed attendance/feedback forms have been received.

Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Venue:

The Royal College of Physician's of Edinburgh, IN PERSON ONLY, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Credits

5

Activity Code

147833

Event Coordinator

Marie Allan

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3680

Email

m.allan@rcpe.ac.uk