Patient Relations

Patient feedback is very important to us as it provides an opportunity to improve the patient experience at Kemptville District Hospital.

This feedback includes compliments, inquiries, suggestions and complaints from our patients and their caregivers regarding their experience in the hospital.

We are committed to responding to patient concerns in a positive, supportive and timely manner.

If you have a concern during your stay

  1. Speak with any member of your healthcare team. They will listen and respond to your concerns.
  2. Ask to speak to the Team Leader or Manager of the unit if you feel your concerns are not addressed by a member of the healthcare team.
  3. Ask to speak to the VP of Nursing/Clinical Services.
  4. If you need further assistance, ask to speak to the Patient Relations Officer.

Please rest assured that raising a concern or issue will not negatively affect your care in any way.

How to provide feedback after discharge from the hospital

At KDH we have in place processes for receiving, reviewing and attempting to resolve expeditiously complaints from patients and caregivers of patients.  Although we welcome feedback from family and friends, our complaints process only addresses complaints from patients themselves (16 years of age and up and competent) or their caregivers.

Our Patient Relations Process both facilitates the resolution of complaints, and also allows us to receive suggestions and compliments.

Please feel free to get in touch with us by phone, email or mail at the contact points below. In addition, if you provide your email address, you may receive a survey from a national healthcare measurement firm by email after your discharge. Our Quality Teams and Board of Directors review results of these surveys regularly – patient responses help us to improve our quality of care, so we encourage you to participate.

  • Call Patient Relations at 613.258.6133, extension 223.
  • Send an email to Patient Relations.
  • Mail a letter to – Patient Relations, Kemptville District Hospital, P.O. Box 2007, 2675 Concession Road, Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0.

Please note: Patient Relations is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00 am to 3:15 pm.

If our Patient Relations office is not able to resolve the issue to your satisfaction, you have the option of consulting the provincial Patient Ombudsman. The Patient Ombudsman’s role is to help resolve complaints from patients, residents and caregivers about experiences in Ontario’s public hospitals, long-term care homes, home care, and community surgical and diagnostic centres.

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“This letter is written to express my utmost appreciation and heartfelt thanks to the Emergency Team at KDH. Last Tuesday morning I received a phone call from my teenage son Markus’s school informing me that he had inadvertently eaten a cookie containing peanuts. As he has a life-threatening peanut allergy, this was an immediate cause for concern. Markus was taken to the ER and immediately given a dose of norepinephrine, followed by an infusion after he had a second reaction. Markus was transferred to CHEO by ambulance later in the afternoon. As you can imagine, this was an incredibly impactful experience for Markus and my entire family. We have such respect for the wonderful work of the Emergency Team at KDH, to whom Markus owes his life. Everyone was caring, kind and professional. Special thanks go to Dr. Pelletier, Dr. Jones, and nurses Catherine, Heather, and Melissa."

Margret