Copyright
The copyright of all material on this website, including text, graphics and photographs, belongs to NHS Midlands & East, unless otherwise stated.
Text and graphics may be freely reproduced for the purposes of any personal or educational use or private research. However, the use of any text or graphics contained in this website for any commercial purposes is not authorised unless permission is first obtained from NHS Midlands & East.
Photographs may not be used without the prior consent of NHS Midlands & East.
Virus protection
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the material produced on this website is checked it is always wise to run anti-virus software before downloading any material from this website.
We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system whilst using the material on this website.
External links
External links are provided on this website provide users with additional information. NHS Midlands & East cannot guarantee that such links will always work, and make no representations as to the quality or accuracy of the sites linked to.
NHS Midlands & East does not endorse any external sites and is not responsible for their content.
Privacy statement
NHS Midlands and East is the Data Controller for this website under the Data Protection Act 1998. We will process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act. The purpose of the privacy policy is to inform you as a user of the site about what information we collect when you visit the site, how we use the information, whether the information is disclosed and the ways in which we protect users' privacy.
We want you to feel secure when visiting the site. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Below we give an overview of how we do that.
This Statement of Privacy applies to the NHS Midlands and East (East Midlands office) website and governs data collection and usage. By using the NHS Midlands and East (East Midlands) website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
NHS Midlands and East collects personally identifiable information for web administrators and registered users only, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Most visitors to the site are not registered so we do not collect this information from you.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by NHS Midlands and East. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by NHS Midlands and East for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the NHS Midlands and East website.
Use of Cookies
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
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The following table describes the cookies we use on this site, what we use them for and the impact on your experience of using our site if you choose to opt-out from allowing us to set cookies on your machine.*
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Feature
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Cookie Name
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Purpose
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What will happen if you disable Cookies on this site?
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Does the Cookie Persist?
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Is the Cookie Essential?
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Session
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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As visitors browse and interact with the web site, activity such as completing a form is recorded on the web server and this token allows us to refer to the user session data on the server between pages.
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No loss of function but there will be a very minor delay before each page load as authentication would be triggered for every page visited whereas the cookie instantly confirms visitors as anonymous
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No
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Yes
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More information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899918
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Access Keys*
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AccessKeys
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Stores shortcut key preferences between visits
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Personal Access Key shortcuts will not be remembered between visits
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Yes
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No
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Cookie Consent*
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AllowEasysiteCookies
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Stores the consent status of the current user for cookies, only if they set consent.
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Site will prompt for Cookie Consent upon each visit
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Yes
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No
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Interstitials*
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InterstitialCookie
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Stores whether an interstitial has been viewed / closed so it doesn’t reappear for the current user
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Interstitials will persist for the current user for those pages that convey them, such as language preference
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Yes
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No
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Remember Me
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RememberMe
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Stores authentication token between visits so users don’t have to login on each visit
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Users who wish to access restricted content or services will need to login upon each visit to the site
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Yes
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No
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Polling*
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EasysiteUserHasVoted
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Stores whether the current user has already voted in the poll, preventing multiple voting
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Single users will be able to vote multiple times in online polls
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Yes
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No
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Tabbed Container*
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ActiveTab
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Stores the ID of the Active Tab as selected by the user
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Held tab states will be lost between visits to the page
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No
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No
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Disclaimer
NHS Midlands & East is committed to the highest standards of information quality and every attempt has been made to provide up to date and accurate information. However, NHS Midlands & East gives no warranty, either expressed or implied, as to the accuracy of the information on this website, that this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site is free of viruses and accepts no liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on such information.
