Have you suffered through medical neglect or incompetence?
 ‘Patior’ is a mutual help group for those living in Scotland.
If you have had cause to complain either to your Local Health Board
or the Scottish Ombudsman please contact us: patior@btinternet.com
Your experience will help others.

Latest: A Petition is being made calling on the Scottish Parliament to abolish the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. A petition made by Jean Mullan calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to abolish the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman and replace it with a transparent organisation accountable to the people. To sign the petition go to: 
http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=246

Professor Alice Brown has announced that she is going to stand down on the 31st March 2009.
This is two years early on her term of office.

A petition was made by D W R Whittet QPR, calling for the Scottish Parliament to set up an Appeal Tribunal to review final decisions by the Public Services Ombudsman where any complainer so requests. See Petition.

The Craigforth Report was jointly commissioned
by the SPSO & the Scottish Health Council.

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