A HEALTH watchdog is urging more Muslim and South Asian women to share their complaints about the NHS.
Research carried out by the Parliamentary and Health Service has revealed that South Asian and Muslim women are less likely to complain about their NHS treatment than white British women.
Julie Mellor, spokesman for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, said: “We are worried that South Asian and Muslim women’s voices are going unheard because they are less likely to complain about their NHS treatment than white British women.
“We want South Asian and Muslim women to feel confident in making a complaint.”
A campaign, launched today, will send out 25,000 leaflets in five different south Asian languages. Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu, explaining how to complain about the NHS.
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