Complaints & Appeals 
Below are some useful contacts if you want to make a complaint or appeal against the way you are treated. Also see Mental Health Advocacy.
Sub-categories 
Complaining to Your Councillor or MP
Some useful organisations and services 
Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)
Target Group(s)   People harmed in the course of medical treatment.
Area Served   UK.
Care Quality Commission
Target Group(s)   People looking for residential or supported accommodation, carers, health and social care professionals, people wanting information about health and social care services, people with a complaint about their treatment under the Mental Health Act.
Area Served   England.
Care Quality Commission - Mental Health Act
Target Group(s)   People detained under the Mental Health Act, people subject to guardianship or placed on a Community Treatment Order (CTO).
Area Served   England.
General Medical Council
Target Group(s)   General public.
Area Served   UK.
Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) - South East London
Target Group(s)   Anyone thinking about making a complaint about an NHS service.
Area Served   London.
Information Commissioner's Office
Target Group(s)   General public, organisations.
Area Served   UK (separate regional offices for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Lambeth Social Services - Complaints
Target Group(s)   Anyone with a complaint about social services.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Local Government Ombudsman
Target Group(s)   General public.
Area Served   Includes Lambeth.
Mental Health Review Tribunal Office (England)
Target Group(s)   People detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, also their 'Nearest Relative' under the Act.
Area Served   England.
PALS (Patients Advice and Liaison Service) - NHS Lambeth (formerly Lambeth PCT)
Target Group(s)   Anyone wanting information on local NHS services, needing help with sorting out a healthcare problem, or who has a concern, complaint or suggestion about their care and treatment.
Area Served   Lambeth.
PALS (Patients Advice and Liaison Service) - South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Target Group(s)   Anyone wanting information on local NHS/mental health services, especially services provided by SLaM NHS Trust, people needing help with sorting out a healthcare problem, or who has a concern, complaint or suggestion about their care and treatment.
Area Served   South London & Maudsley NHS Trust catchment area, i.e. Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Croydon and substance misuse services in Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley.
Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman
Target Group(s)   Anyone wishing to pursue a complaint about an NHS service or government department.
Area Served   England.
Prison ICAS
Target Group(s)   People in prison who have a complaint about any healthcare treatment received in prison.
Area Served   London, East England and west Midlands.
SLaM NHS Foundation Trust Complaints - Chief Executive
Target Group(s)   Anyone with a complaint about services run by South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.
Area Served   Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon and substance misuse services in Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley.
SLaM NHS Foundation Trust Complaints - Head of Complaints
Target Group(s)   Anyone with a complaint about services run by South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.
Area Served   Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon and substance misuse services in Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley.
SPEKTRA
Target Group(s)   Black African and Black Caribbean service users and any member/s of their clinical team.
Area Served   Lambeth.