This privacy statement explains how we use any personal information about you that you give us when you visit this website. It does not cover websites that can be linked to and from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site to read their own privacy statement.

This policy covers:

• What information do we collect about you?
• How will we use the information we collect?
• Access to your information and correction
• Data protection and storing data
• Changes to our privacy policy
• Security
• Use of cookies
• How to contact us

What information do we collect about you?

You will not be asked to submit personal information via our website; nor will you be asked to subscribe to newsletters or conduct surveys via our website. The website is purely a platform for providing and sharing information with no data collection occurring through this media.

How will we use the information we collect?

Any information collected will be done via nhs.net email addresses and held on secure nhs servers in line with appropriate NHS policies completely seperate to our website.

Web forms 

There are no webforms on this website.

Access to your information and correction

Any information published on the website in the form of biographies, reports etc is published with permission of the owner or sponsor. You can request a copy of the details we hold about you at any time. Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to obtain these or to update us on any changes you’d like to make.

Data protection and storing data 

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it.

We do not pass on your details to any third party or other government departments.

Changes to our policy

If our privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances if any, we will share it with other parties.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss and alteration of information under our control.

Use of cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

• Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
• Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
• Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast. You can manage these small files yourself through your browser setting

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone, you will need to refer to your handset manual.

To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.

How to contact us 

If you have any questions about this policy please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this page.

This privacy policy was last updated March 2021.