Patient experience
Find out how we monitor patient experience at our Trust
We measure and monitor patient experience in a number of ways, including:
- Friends and family test– see our latest results overview below
- VoiceAbility – find out how to complain about NHS care
- Complaints and patient advice and liaison service requests – see our latest service overview
Friends and family test
The friends and family test is a survey that gathers feedback from people who use NHS services about their experience. The survey asks patients to rate their overall experience of the service/care in our hospitals. We also ask a few additional questions so we can understand where we need to improve and where we’re performing well.
How can I take the test?
Patients can complete the friends and family test by using one of the following methods:
- a dedicated electronic device available on our wards (iPad) – Please ask staff to bring you the device and advise you how to use it.
- web link or QR code displayed on posters around the hospitals
- text message sent out a few days after using our services
Once you have returned home, you can still complete the test by filling in the relevant online survey:
- Outpatient survey- for patients who had a clinic appointment or investigations with us
- Inpatient survey- for patients who have stayed on one of our wards or come in as a day patient
- Accident and emergency survey - for patients who came to one of our A&E departments
- Maternity survey - for women who gave birth at one of our hospitals
- PHIN Maternity survey - for women who gave birth on our private patient wards
- Antenatal survey- for women who had their pre-birth care with us
- Paediatric inpatient survey – for patients who have stayed on one of our paediatric wards
- Paediatric outpatient survey - for patients who had a paediatric clinic appointment or investigation with us
- Easy-read inpatient survey – for patients with learning disabilities who have stayed on one of our wards or come in as a day patient
- Bereaved people survey - for relatives of people who died in one of our hospitals
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survey – for patients who have stayed on one of our intensive care units/wards
What happens to the results?
We use your feedback to help us improve and make changes to our services and the care we provide. The results allow us to take immediate action when there’s a problem and see how effective the improvements we’ve made have been. The test also provides a measure for you to compare us with other NHS trusts.
We are currently focusing on noise at night and food and are working with a number of wards to improve these areas. If you would like more information please contact the patient experience team by emailing imperial.patient.experience@nhs.net.
Patient stories
Patient stories are a powerful way of sharing your experience of using our services with our staff. This helps our staff to learn from your experience, both good and bad.
We can do this in a number of ways, for example making a short video clip that we can share with wards and departments. If you would be interested in discussing how you could share your experience please contact the patient experience team by emailing imperial.patient.experience@nhs.net.
Our results
You can see our latest friends and family test results below. We report these results as part of the overall scorecard that goes to our public board meetings.
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