Give your feedback
You can give your feedback by filling in our online form or you can contact us by:
- Phone: 1300 872 322 (8am - 3:30pm)
- Email: SC-PLO-Inquiry@health.qld.gov.au
- In writing:
The Patient Liaison Officer,
Safety, Quality and Improvement’
Nambour General Hospital,
PO Box 547, Nambour, Qld 4560
We may also invite you to take part in an online survey about your recent hospital or health care visit by text message. If we do, your responses will be automatically recorded.
If you have feedback about our website, you can contact us at sc-communications@health.qld.gov.au.
If you’re not satisfied with the way we’ve handled your complaint, you may also contact the Office of the Health Ombudsman.
Access to information
You can ask us to release information that we hold. We're able to give you most kinds of information, unless there's a good reason not to.
You can also get information we have about you, under the Information Privacy (IP) process. If some information we have about you is wrong, you can tell us to fix it.
Read more about your right to information, including how to apply and who to contact.
Raise concerns about a patient's health (Ryan's Rule)
Ryan's Rule is a 3 step process to support patients of any age, their families and carers. You can raise concerns if a patient's health condition is getting worse or not improving as expected.
Read more about the Ryan’s Rule process on the Clinical Excellence Queensland website.
Complaint resolution
The Public Service Act 2008 (the ACT) requires that we publish information in relation to complaints received by Sunshine Coast Health.
2022/2023
Total compliments received: 5314
Total complaints received: 2188
- Complaints resulting in further action*: 1077
- Complaints resulting in no further action: 1111
Complaints acknowledged within 5 days: 99.6%
Complaints resolved within 35 days: 89.5%
* As the ACT doesn't define "Number of Complaints resulting in further action", we've defined this as the number of complaints that weren't resolved at front line and required further investigation.
Source: Riskman report: 7 August 2023