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This web site is designed for use by current and prospective patients of LSMP. 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
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 Leeds (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, created and written by Andrew Walsham. Comments arising from your use of this site can be mailed to: andrew.walsham@nhs.net
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BEST DISPLAY FORMAT
For best results view this site using Microsoft Internet Explorer with
a screen size of 1024x768. Screen size 800x600 will also display perfectly
well. We do not advise 640x480, as some page titles and images will be
cropped. Screens in this site are optimised to make your download speeds
as fast as possible
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PRIVACY STATEMENT
- Purpose of this Statement
This statement tells you how Leeds Student Medical Practice 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 Leeds Student Medical Practice
- Cookies
This web site does not use cookies, but you should note that the registration site that we connect you to when registering as a new patient uses cookies to facilitate the registration process
- 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 andrew.walsham@nhs.net who is responsible for the pages to which it relates. If you feel dissatisfied with the response given then please contact the University's webmaster: webmaster@leeds.ac.uk
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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 / Access to records page
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DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
Patients of Leeds Student Medical Practice 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 Leeds 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
SITE HISTORY
- The site was first published in August 1999
- In March 2002 it was replaced by a completely
new site, with a fresh design
- In April 2004 the design was restructured (frames were replaced by templates), and several new sections were created
- In July 2005 the site was completely reviewed, redundant sections were removed, and the Health Advice and News pages were significantly re-designed
- In May 2006 new menu buttons were introduced, the page width was reduced to 80% in-line with 'fashionable' web design, and the home page was redesigned to remove some JavaScript (which caused Internet Explorer security panel to flag it as a security risk for some PCs)
- In September 2006 the home page was redesigned to reflect our new corporate image, new logo was introduced to all pages, on-page menus were replaced with text links instead of buttons
- The content continues to be checked to ensure it demonstrates current best practise
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