Terms and Conditions

Who we are

www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk is managed by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) Communications team, referred to as ‘we’ from now on.

Using gloshospitals.nhs.uk

You agree to use gloshospitals.nhs.uk only for lawful purposes. You must also use it in a way that doesn’t infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by anyone else.

We update gloshospitals.nhs.uk all the time. We can change or remove content at any time without notice.

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to keep gloshospitals.nhs.uk up to date, we don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:

• current
• secure
• accurate
• complete
• free from bugs or viruses

We don’t publish advice on gloshospitals.nhs.uk. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything on the basis of the content.

We’re not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using gloshospitals.nhs.uk. This includes:

• any direct, indirect or consequential losses
• any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs (‘tort’, including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise
• the use of gloshospitals.nhs.uk and any websites that are linked to or from it
• the inability to use gloshospitals.nhs.uk and any websites that are linked to or from it

This applies if the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.

This includes (but isn’t limited to) the loss of your:

• income or revenue
• salary, benefits or other payments
• business
• profits or contracts
• opportunity
• anticipated savings
• data
• goodwill or reputation
• tangible property
• intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system
• wasted management or office time

We may still be liable for:

• death or personal injury arising from our negligence
• fraudulent misrepresentation
• any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law

Requests to remove content

You can ask for content to be removed from gloshospitals.nhs.uk. We’ll only do this in certain cases, eg if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive personal data or material that may be considered obscene or defamatory.

Contact us to ask for content to be removed. You’ll need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We’ll reply to let you know whether we’ll remove it.

We remove content at our discretion in discussion with the department responsible for it. You can still request information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act.

Information about you and your visits to www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy policy and our cookie policy. By using gloshospitals.nhs.uk, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test gloshospitals.nhs.uk for viruses at every stage of production. You must make sure that the way you use gloshospitals.nhs.uk doesn’t expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your computer system.

We’re not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use gloshospitals.nhs.uk.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

When using gloshospitals.nhs.uk, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that’s malicious or technologically harmful.

You must not try to gain unauthorised access to gloshospitals.nhs.uk, the server on which it’s stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.

You must not attack gloshospitals.nhs.uk in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks.

We’ll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to gloshospitals.nhs.uk to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.

Governing law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Any dispute you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or your use of gloshospitals.nhs.uk (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

General

There may be legal notices elsewhere on gloshospitals.nhs.uk that relate to how you use the site.

We’re not liable if we fail to comply with these terms and conditions because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

We might decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions. We can always decide to exercise or enforce that right at a later date.

Doing this once won’t mean we automatically waive the right on any other occasion.

If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.

Changes to these terms and conditions

Please check these terms and conditions regularly. We can update them at any time without notice.

You’ll agree to any changes if you continue to use gloshospitals.nhs.uk after the terms and conditions have been updated.