Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 1999

Variable Details

VariableSPEC12
LabelOther point of contact if making a complaint specified
Question text Please specify other [who you would contact first if you were to make a complaint about your dentist or the treatment you received]
Responses
Age Concern 1
Ask dentist 1
Ask lawyer friend 1
Aunt - a dental nurse and she would advise me; also try the British Medical Association 1
BMA to ask advice who to contact 1
Boss because the dentist is a ROYAL NAVY Dentist 1
British Dental Association 9
British Medical Association 3
British board of dentists 1
C.A.B. 39
Change dentist 1
Commanding Officer 1
Community Health Council 4
Complaints Commission Dentist 1
Dean dental science 1
Denplan 3
Dental Association 4
Dental Federation or some body 1
Dental Practitioners 1
Dental authority 1
Dental complaints body 1
Dental hospital 1
Dental nurse 1
Dental plan 1
Dental practice 42
Dental practice manager 11
Dental practice receptionist 15
Dental school lecturer 1
Dental surgery 27
Dental surgery secretary 1
Dentist 447
Dentist / Supervisor 1
Dentist / practice manager 1
Dentist or senior partner 1
Dentist practice receptionist or the Community health council 1
Dentist's receptionist 3
Dentist, then C.A.B. 1
Dentist/ Senior partmer 1
Department ofHealth to see who to complain to 1
Dept of Health 1
Family Practitioner Centre 1
Family Practitioner Committee 4
Family Practitioner Council 1
Family practitioner 1
Find out from Health Centre 1
Find out who to refer to for the complaints procedure 1
Friends in medical profession for advice 1
General medical council 1
Head of dental practice 13
Health Centre manager 1
Hospital 1
Hospital dentistry 1
Insurance company 1
Internet for details 1
Local Authority trades description 1
Medical ombudsman 1
Mother 3
Mother, who is a nurse and could tell me who to get in touch with 1
Navy (navy dentist was last dentist) 1
Ombudsman 2
Organisation Representing dental patients 1
Patient's whatever they call it 1
Professional body 1
Regulatory body 1
Relative (son) who was a dentist 1
Relative (uncle) a retired dentist, to find out 1
Relative connected to dentistry 1
Senior practice dentist 4
Slough advice centre 1
Slough law centre 1
advice centre and they would tell me 1
another dentist 3
commanding officer military 1
council 1
dental board 1
dental committee 1
dental hospital, for information on procedure 1
depends on the nature of the complaint 1
fam.health ser assn. 1
find out from literature the appropriate authority 1
friend 1
get advice would not know where to go 1
health council 1
local MP 3
local council 1
local medical council 1
main office 1
medical board 1
national health freephone advice line 1
private dental company denplan 1
private health scheme 1
senior officer naval service involved 1
trading standards 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 1999
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.