Dubai Health Authority launches customer service charter

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 3, 2015: His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, chairman of the board of the Dubai Health Authority(DHA), recently launched the Customer Service Charter for the DHA that aims to meet the needs of customers through provision of timely and efficient services.

The launch ceremony took place at the DHA headquarters and Al Qatami, senior DHA officials, doctors and nurses signed the charter to pledge their  commitment.

Al Qatami stressed that excellence in services is a strategic priority for the DHA and a duty of all those working at the DHA. He said: “  In our pursuit of excellence in customer service and to make an open and public commitment, we have developed a customer service charter. The charter reiterates our commitment to our customers as well as highlights their commitment to us.”

He said the aim of the charter is to further  raise the standards of excellence in the DHA  in line with the global standards of service.

The charter also aims to meet customers’ needs through speedy delivery and efficient service thus ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

It highlights the rights of the customers and stipulates that they will be treated with courtesy and respect, that they will have access to high standards of care and fair service, they will have access to accurate information etc.

The DHA’s Customer Service Charter  covers customer responsibilities towards the DHA such as mutual respect, provision of necessary  documents, informing the staff of changes in their personal information etc.

In order to ensure all customer service officials as well as all DHA staff members are educated about the charter, the DHA customer service department will conduct several training programs. The training programs will be in-depth for all customer service officials and for the rest of the staff, DHA will invite them to attend educational seminars.

To educate customers, the DHA will display the charter and distribute brochures across all DHA facilities.