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Terms and conditions

Copyright

Content on this website is the copyright of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and the UCL Institute of Child Health unless otherwise stated. Where copyright applies, visitors can download material for private research, study, and in-house non-commercial use only. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Visitors must not download, copy, distribute, or publish any material from this website for any other purpose. Any other use of copyrighted material requires the written permission of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and the UCL Institute of Child Health.
Information provided specifically for patients and families has been reviewed for accuracy, but we hold no responsibility for alterations made to any copyright material without our consent.

Permission to reproduce Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Child Health protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders.

Photographs of our patients appear with the consent of the child and parent, and must not be reproduced in any form.

Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Child Health encourages users to establish hypertext links to our website.

Disclaimer

We are are unable to offer any medical advice or professional service through this website. As is standard practice, referrals for expert opinion or treatment at the hospital can only be made by medical practitioners and not by patients themselves or family members.
                          

Accuracy

While we have taken every care to compile accurate information and to keep it up-to-date, we cannot guarantee its correctness and completeness at the time it is seen by you. The information provided on this site does not constitute business, medical or other professional advice, and may be subject to change. We do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or expense resulting from the use of this information. It is provided for general information only, and should not be treated as a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or any other healthcare professional. GOSH/ICH are not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of the GOSH/ICH website. GOSH/ICH are not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor do they endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites. Always consult your own doctor if you're in any way concerned about your – or your family's – health.

Links

Throughout this site we have included links to other websites that may be of interest. GOSH/ICH is not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages.

Use of trademarks

Where possible we have used generic names of drugs and products on this website. Where trademarked names are used this does not constitute an endorsement of the product.

Availability

We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website, or the sites to which it links. We accept no responsibility for any damages arising from the loss of use of this information.

Privacy statement

The following privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for www.gosh.nhs.uk / www.ich.ucl.ac.uk. It applies solely to this website.

Through this website you may provide personal data about yourself such as your name and email address. This information will only be stored for the purpose of administering responses, feedback and website development, and will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This site uses Google Analytics to monitor and analyse the behaviour of visitors to this website. Google Analytics uses cookies to record, for example, how often individual pages are visited, the average time spent per visit and the number of pages viewed per visit. This information is collected by Google, not GOSH/ICH. The information provided by Google Analytics helps us make decisions about how to develop and improve our website.

For more information about how Google collects information see their privacy policy.

If you do not wish to accept cookies you can modify your browser settings by following the guidance at www.allaboutcookies.org

Notification of changes

GOSH/ICH reserves the right to change the privacy statement without notice. It is the responsibility of users to check this privacy statement regularly.

This page was last updated on 30 July, 2009