Comments, suggestions and complaints

We run many services on behalf of our residents and we are always looking to find ways to improve how we do things. If you have a suggestion about how we could make our service better we would be pleased to hear from you. If we can implement your suggestion we will.

Sometimes changes to our services need to wait until we next carry out a review. Your comments will be fed into the service review process and we will let you know what happens.

We know that our staff try to do their very best for East Ayrshire residents and some of them always go the extra mile. We feel it is important to those members of staff, who have done a good job, that they receive positive feedback.

If you would like to compliment a member of staff or a team, you can email, write or telephone us using the undernoted contact details. We will make sure that the individual and their manager gets to hear about it.

We have a two-stage complaints procedure for East Ayrshire Council and East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

Find out more about our  complaints handling procedures.

Stage 1: Frontline response

Our aim is to sort out as many complaints as possible at the first point of contact. You can speak to a member of staff of the particular service you wish to complain about either in person or on the telephone and they will attempt to resolve the matter for you on the spot. If your complaint cannot be resolved right away, we will endeavour, in most cases, to give you a full response to your complaint within five working days.

If you're not sure who to contact you can email or call us on the details provided below. If your complaint can not be resolved right away and you would like to put your complaint in writing you can either:

• complete our  online contact us form
• email us at  the.council@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
• write to us at Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA3 7BU
• telephone 01563 554400
• textphone 01563 576167

We will, wherever possible, endeavour to give you a full response within five working days.

Stage 2: Investigation

If your complaint clearly requires investigation or if you are not happy with the response you receive when you first make a complaint, your complaint will be handled at stage 2.

At this stage, we will try to resolve your complaint where we can and if this is not possible, we will endeavour to give you a full response within 20 working days.  If our investigation takes longer than 20 working days, we will tell you and provide you with a revised timescale.

If you have completed the Council’s complaints process and are still dissatisfied with our decision or the way we dealt with your complaint, you can ask the  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) to look at it.

The SPSO will not look at a complaint unless the Council’s two stage complaints procedure has been exhausted.

The SPSO’s contact details are:

SPSO
Bridgeside House
99 McDonald Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4NS

Freephone: 0800 377 7330
SPSO: Contact us

Their freepost address is FREEPOST SPSO.

The SPSO does not normally look at complaints about our factoring service or complaints from shared owners.

On conclusion of the Council’s Complaints Procedure, if you remain dissatisfied with our response, these complaints can be considered by the  First Tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber).

Information on how to make a complaint about the Education Service.

Our complaints handling procedure provides further details on how we will handle your complaint and what you can expect from us. It also provides clarity on what constitutes a complaint and what cannot be covered under our complaints handling procedure.

Annual reports:

• Download our Complaints Annual Report for 2024-25 (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Download our Complaints Annual Report for 2023-24 (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Download our Complaints Annual Report for 2022-23 (PDF 1.8 MB)
• Download our Complaints Annual Report for 2021-22 (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Download our Complaints Annual Report for 2020-21 (PDF 1.7 MB)

If you would like this document in a language or format of your choice including large print, audio or Braille contact our Equality and Diversity Officer.

Niniejsze informacje mogą zostać udostępnione na życzenie, w alfabecie Braille'a, w druku powiększonym lub w formacie audio oraz mogą zostać przetłumaczone na wiele języków obcych. Dane kontaktowe znajdują się poniżej.

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