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This web site is designed for use by current and prospective patients of Bradford Student Health Service. Other users should bear this in mind when interpreting the information displayed on the site pages. If you are not a patient of the practice please take any medical queries arising from your use of this site or link pages to your own doctor. The aim of the site is to provide a wide and up to date source of practice and medical information. Any suggestions for improvements are welcome

Although we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the content on our web site we cannot accept responsibility for any problems or difficulties caused by errors or omissions

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WEB SITE ACCESS FOR DISABLED PERSONS
In pursuance of the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (effective from September 2002), the University of Bradford (which hosts our site) is obliged to make all its web sites (and those which it hosts) accessible to disabled persons. Following discussions the University has formally adopted the World Wide Web Consortium's Double-A standard as the norm for the University's web sites. Accordingly this site meets the same standards

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CODING STANDARD
The pages on this web site are validated according to the standards: W3C HTML 4.01, and W3C CSS (stylesheets). The site is designed, and produced by andrew.walsham@nhs.net . Comments arising from your use of this site can be mailed to: val.king@nhs.net

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PRIVACY STATEMENT
This statement tells you how Bradford Student Health Service will collect and process your personal data when you access this web site

  • Automated Collection of Personal Information
    As with most other web servers, when you access these web pages certain information you provide will automatically be recorded by the University, who provides our web hosting. This personal information will include your IP address, browser type, and information relating to the page you last visited. This information is processed to estimate how much usage of the server is made by different categories of users and in the event of a breach of security may be used to aid detection
  • Non-Automated Collection
    At this time we do not collect any personal data. If we did we would write here the purpose of collection
  • Third Party Access
    If you provided personal data it would not be sent to other third parties and would remain confidential. It would by accessed only by those who have a legitimate need to know within Bradford Student Health Service
  • Cookies
    This web site does not use cookies
  • Changes to this statement
    This statement and therefore the ways in which your data may be processed can be changed from time to time. Any changes will only be notified via this web page. If you have any queries relating to the privacy statement then please contact val.king@nhs.net who is responsible for the pages to which it relates

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
View our publication scheme

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ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS ACT
We follow current guidance which can be obtained from the web site of the Information Commissioner www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. You can also see our Data Protection Notice below

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DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
Patients of Bradford Student Health Service should be aware that we store your data on computer

  • In certain circumstances non-medical personnel in the practice as part of their administrative work view this data. Our personnel are trained in the principles of confidentiality. They all sign a legal contract agreeing to maintain confidentiality
  • Data is given to Bradford Health Authority to enable financial claims and to Child Health to maintain their vaccination and developmental check records. Personnel there are bound by the same principles of confidentiality
  • Data may be provided to secondary care providers (consultants, hospital departments) during the referral process, and to tertiary care providers (social services). Your approval will be obtained before this data is provided
  • Data stored on the computer is used for audit, statistics, research, and planning. If someone outside the practice requires it, we provide data in an anonymised format, or seek your permission before disclosure of identifiable data
  • For medico-legal purposes we retain your data after you leave this practice
  • The practice has appointed a Caldicott guardian who ensures confidentiality is maintained, and that all data is stored safely using security procedures to limit access

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