Data Protection Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545745 or 0845 630 6060
Website: www.dataprotection.gov.uk

Regulates and upholds Data Protection Act, and deals with issues of privacy, accuracy, etc.

General Medical Council
Regent’s Place
350 Euston Road
London
NW1 3JN

Tel: 0845 357 0022
Switchboard: 0845 357 8001

Protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.

General Optical Council
41 Harley Street
London
W1G 8DJ

Tel: 020 7580 3898
Fax: 020 7436 3525 Email: goc@optical.org

Protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP

Tel: 0845 015 4033
Website: www.ombudsman.org.uk

Care Quality Commission
CQC National Correspondence
PO Box 1258
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE99 5AU

Tel: 020 7580 3898
Fax: 020 7436 3525 Email: goc@optical.org

Protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.

General Dental Council
37 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8DQ

Tel: 020 7009 2701
Email: Complaints@gdc-uk.org

Community Legal Services Direct
Tel: 03000 616 161
Email: enquiries@cqc.org.uk

National Patient Safety Agency
4 – 8 Maple Street
London
W1T 5HD

Tel: 020 7927 9500
Website: www.npsa.nhs.uk

Seeks to learn from patient safety incidents to improve services.

Optical Consumer Complaints Service
PO Box 219
Petersfield
GU32 9BY

Tel: 0844 800 5071
Website: www.opticalcomplaints.co.uk

Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)
44 High Street
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 1YB

Tel: 0845 123 2352
Website: www.avma.org.uk

An independent charity that provides free and confidential advice to people injured during the course of medical treatment.

The Law Society of England and Wales
The Law Society's Hall
113 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1PL

Tel: 0845 603 9795 or 020 7241 1222
Website: www.lawsociety.co.uk

Professional body for the legal profession that can help you find a solicitor specialising in medical negligence claims.

Local Involvement Networks (LINKS)
Tel: 024 761 50705
Email: info@links.nhs.uk

Carers Federation
Unit 2.1
Clarendon Business Park
Clumber Avenue
Nottingham
NG5 1AH

Tel: 0115 962 1776
Website: www.carersfederation.co.uk

The organisation provides a wide range of services and useful information, and is managed by a board of carers, former carers and people who use services.

POhWER
Carol Warren House
551 Lonsdale Road
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 5DZ

Website: www.pohwer.net

POhWER Advocacy Services.