Privacy & Web site usage and disclaimer

We will endeavour to make this website as accurate as possible and do our best to update any links. We cannot however accept responsibility for any problems that may result from the use of this site as it is only intended to help you get the most from the practice and should not be used as a substitute for personal contact with the surgery.

In particular, we advise that use of this site and the internet links should not be seen as a substitute for consulting the doctor or nurse. The links to external sites are provided for your convenience and do not necessarily indicate our approval or endorsement or preference to any other sites. We cannot accept responsibility for any of the content of other sites linked to this one.

Cookies

We may use third party services, such as Google Analytics or another Statistics package, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone.

Advice on surfing for medical information

We do not recommend that you try and make a firm diagnosis from information on the internet. A doctor’s diagnosis is made with the benefit of a lot of training and experience and an examination may be necessary to confirm or refute a particular diagnosis.

Remember that a lot of information on the internet has not been reviewed for it’s validity and it can be difficult to check it’s authenticity.

Accessibility

We have designed this site to be as accessible as possible for all users, please check your PC, Phone or Tablet internet browser settings to vary the text size.

Privacy

Please download our Privacy documents below:

• Malpas Surgery Privacy Policy 2022 v9.4
• Malpas Surgery Call Recording Policy

Various 3rd Party forms and applications including NHS Services can be accessed from our site, they each operate their own Privacy policy.

For information on your personal health records please visit our Summary Care Records page.

Page last updated: May 2023