Communication of repairs scrutiny

Follow this page to find out about our recent communication of repairs scrutiny!


We know that we don’t always get communication right, and we planned this scrutiny to hear from you for your recommendations to help shape communication with repairs, so we can feed this into our repairs improvement project.


You came up with 9 recommendations:

  1. To improve our automated repairs text messages so that they are more consistent in tone, personable and provide less information
  2. Improve customer awareness of how repairs are done
  3. Embed the 'handy tips' videos on social media
  4. Improve internal planning conversations
  5. Ensure that repairs appointment options are clear to customers
  6. Improve communication with customers about complex repairs
  7. Improve communication with customers when repairs need to be rearranged
  8. Improve notes on our CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system with repairs
  9. Make improvements to the repairs satisfaction survey so that feedback is clearer


So far we have...

Changed the 9 automated repairs text messages from customer feedback

Amended the repairs satisfaction survey from customer feedback, ready for launch

Made operative comments after completing a repair mandatory, including a photo

Planned posts on our social media channels that link to the handy tips videos on the winter planning page of the website

Introduced 3 multi skilled teams for complex repairs

Built a quality assurance framework into the contact centre to ensure clear communication with customers


Next we will...

Implement a quality assurance framework in the planning team to ensure clear communication with the customer when rearranging repairs appointments

Introduce surveyors for complicated jobs to assess the repair

Include a written 'day in the life' feature of an operative in the summer edition of the magazine

Introduce a digital version of the magazine that will include 'day in the life' videos

Monitor the impact of the changes to the automated repairs text messages and introduce the messages being automatically recorded into the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system



To find out more about the scrutiny and recommendations, we have attached the scrutiny report in the 'report' tab.

Follow this page to find out about our recent communication of repairs scrutiny!


We know that we don’t always get communication right, and we planned this scrutiny to hear from you for your recommendations to help shape communication with repairs, so we can feed this into our repairs improvement project.


You came up with 9 recommendations:

  1. To improve our automated repairs text messages so that they are more consistent in tone, personable and provide less information
  2. Improve customer awareness of how repairs are done
  3. Embed the 'handy tips' videos on social media
  4. Improve internal planning conversations
  5. Ensure that repairs appointment options are clear to customers
  6. Improve communication with customers about complex repairs
  7. Improve communication with customers when repairs need to be rearranged
  8. Improve notes on our CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system with repairs
  9. Make improvements to the repairs satisfaction survey so that feedback is clearer


So far we have...

Changed the 9 automated repairs text messages from customer feedback

Amended the repairs satisfaction survey from customer feedback, ready for launch

Made operative comments after completing a repair mandatory, including a photo

Planned posts on our social media channels that link to the handy tips videos on the winter planning page of the website

Introduced 3 multi skilled teams for complex repairs

Built a quality assurance framework into the contact centre to ensure clear communication with customers


Next we will...

Implement a quality assurance framework in the planning team to ensure clear communication with the customer when rearranging repairs appointments

Introduce surveyors for complicated jobs to assess the repair

Include a written 'day in the life' feature of an operative in the summer edition of the magazine

Introduce a digital version of the magazine that will include 'day in the life' videos

Monitor the impact of the changes to the automated repairs text messages and introduce the messages being automatically recorded into the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system



To find out more about the scrutiny and recommendations, we have attached the scrutiny report in the 'report' tab.