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The material on this site is subject to copyright protection of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust unless otherwise indicated. The Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust copyright-protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study, or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

The permission to reproduce Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 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.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site.

The Fair Processing Notice informs all of our users of how we use personal information, who we share personal information with, and how we maintain patient confidentiality. For further information, read our Fair Processing Notice in full.

Links are provided for information and convenience only. We cannot accept responsibility for the sites linked to, or the information found there. A link does not imply an endorsement of a site; likewise, not linking to a particular site does not imply a lack of endorsement.

You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. The pages must load into the user's entire window. You must not use the NHS logo to link to our site without prior permission.

Every effort is taken to ensure that the information contained on this website is both accurate and complete.

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 or use of this information.

The names, images and logos identifying Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust are the proprietary marks of the NHS. Copying our logos and any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without the prior approval of the relevant copyright owner.

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus programme on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption, or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur while using material derived from this website.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust's website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server. We do not use cookies for collecting user information and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of our web server. This system will record your email address and other information if volunteered to us by you. This shall be treated as proprietary and confidential. It may be used for internal review and to notify you about updates to this Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust's website.

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We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us to provide you with a better experience on the website. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

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