eMBED Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)focuses on improving the experience of NHS Patients in the Wakefield CCG area.

Our aim is to:

·  advise and support patients, their families and carers

·  provide information on NHS services

·  listen to your concerns or suggestions and help sort out problems quickly on your behalf

·  help you when you need advice, have concerns, or don’t know where to turn

The PALS service is accessible to patients, their carers, friends and family

The PALS service treats every enquiry with the same level of importance and the same level of confidentiality.

The service is open Monday to Friday during office hours and is based at Douglas Mill, Bradford. The service can be contacted on 0800 0525 270 or by email at:

For PALS enquiries relating to hospitals, please contact:

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Pinderfields) PALS Team:

01924 543685/6/7/8

There is also an NHS England customer contact centre. They will be dealing with calls from patients and the public about issues relating to primary care, for example calls about GP practices or registering with a dentist. For more information, you can:

·  visithttp://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/complaint/

·  Telephone – 0300 311 22 33 /E-Mail –