What time restrictions apply to complaints?
You should make your complaint within six months of the event/incident concerned or within six months from when you realised you has cause for complaint.
If you have been very ill or distressed, or there are good reasons why you could not complain in this time, primary care practitioners and NHS complaints managers have discretion to waive or extend this time limit.
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