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Disclaimer

NHS Ayrshire & Arran, in association with SHOW (Scottish Health On the Web), makes every effort to create and maintain a site that is accessible to everyone. However a web site is never static and sometimes pages get modified. If you have problems accessing any page in this site, please email comms@aaaht.scot.nhs.uk stating the address of the page and the problem you encountered.

Or you can write to us at:
 
Communications Department
28 Lister Street
University Hospital Crosshouse
Kilmarnock
KA2 0BB

Telephone: 01563 826111
Email: comms@aaaht.scot.nhs.uk

This web site is provided for information only. The information contained within the web pages is the property of NHS Ayrshire & Arran. NHS Ayrshire & Arran is not responsible or liable for any form of damages whatsoever resulting from the use (or misuse) of information contained in or implied by the information on this site.

The information on these web pages could contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. We reserve the right to make changes and improvements to any information contained within these pages at any time.

There may be links to other web sites contained within our web pages. While every effort is made to ensure these are links to reputable sites, NHS Ayrshire & Arran has no responsibility of any kind for these web sites and their content. However, we hope these will be of interest to you. All links within our web pages were correct at the time of publishing and NHS Ayrshire & Arran cannot be held responsible for any problems caused by subsequent alterations or amendments.

Cookies

We use the Google Analytics service on this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

Third Party Cookies

We use a number of tools and external applications, in particular Google Analytics and Google Maps API, to enhance visitor interaction on our site. These services will set a cookie called ‘PREF’ which Google uses to track user preferences from one site to another.

Social Media Disclaimer

NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube and Instagram) aim to keep you updated on health matters and bring you trusted information and advice.

Please note these are moderated information sites and are not public forums.

These sites are moderated Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm (excluding public holidays). They are monitored periodically out of office hours.

We do not remove comments for being critical of NHS Ayrshire & Arran, as your opinions are important and we can learn from them. However, we may remove comments or posts if they contain vulgar or offensive language, personal attacks of any kind; offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial or religious group; breach privacy; or spread inaccurate or dangerous information.

Further to this, we also reserve the right to delete any comments that:

  • are spam or include links to other sites;
  • are clearly off topic;
  • advocate illegal activity;
  • promote particular services, products or political organisations;
  • infringe on copyrights or trademarks;
  • use personally identifiable medical information (We recommend you do not share any of your medical information on our Social Media pages); or
  • contain case-specific and other confidential information.

Where a person has continued to post inappropriate comments, we reserve the right to block that user from posting on our accounts.

Disclaimer

NHS Ayrshire & Arran does not take any responsibility for people making contact with members who are followers of this page. It is up to the individual to control their own privacy settings and who can view their profile. Please note that other than our official posts, any comments expressed on the site do not reflect the opinions and position of NHS Ayrshire & Arran or its offices and employees.