Managing unreasonable actions by complainants: A guide for organisations

Part 7

Signposting to the Ombudsman

Signposting to the Ombudsman

Organisations should consider complaints before signposting individuals to the Ombudsman, even where they are acting in an unreasonable way. In most cases it should be possible for organisations to progress a complaint through local processes and manage any unreasonable actions using their unreasonable actions policy.

Once the organisation has signposted the individual to the Ombudsman it is reasonable to expect them to contact us directly.

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