We are BCHC
Privacy Notices
BCHC works with other health and social care organisations to share information that will form part of your Shared Care Record.
Website Privacy Notice
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's main website: www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk.
Information collected via this website
This website is hosted by VerseOne: GDPR Statement.
Security
Although we will always treat the information you send us with the strictest confidence, we cannot guarantee the security of the world wide web. It is possible, though very unlikely, that someone other than ourselves could access and read information sent to us in this way. If you feel concerned about this, please use another form of contact, e.g. telephone or post.
Links to other websites
This website contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.
See below to see how we use cookies on this website.
Data Protection Officer
Michael Morgan-Bullock is our Data Protection Officer. He can be contacted via email: bchc.dpo@nhs.net
Version: July 2023
How we use cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
When you first visit our website you will be asked to consent to non-essential cookies. When you next visit the website from the same browser, such as Google Chrome, you can scroll to the bottom of the website and change your preference to do not accept cookies.
The cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| JSESSIONID | Session | Essential cookie for software functionality including session management for authentication, form submission validation, load-balancer configuration. Secured and does not track across websites (domain-specific). Expires at explicit session end (i.e. explicit log out) or 20 minutes of inactivity. More on VerseOne CMS cookies. |
| VOPECRA | 'Permanent' (multi-year duration) | Remembers that a user has accepted cookies from a specific VerseOne CMS-powered website, enabling cookies from GA and Code Droplets (where configured). Secured and does not track across websites (domain-specific). More on VerseOne CMS cookies |
| KMLI_FRONTEND | Configurable duration | Remembers the user so that they do not have to explicitly login to the CMS or front-end features. Secured and does not track across websites (domain-specific). Duration is configurable in VerseOne CMS (default is 2 weeks). More on VerseOne CMS cookies |
| TS0xxxxxxx | Session | Remembers the user so that they do not have to explicitly login to the CMS or front-end features. Secured and does not track across websites (domain-specific). Duration is configurable in VerseOne CMS (default is 2 weeks). More on VerseOne CMS cookies |
| Vimeo Cookies |
Vimeo |
We embed videos from our official Vimeo Channel on this website. Vimeo’s embedded video player uses first-party cookies that we consider essential to the video player experience. It does not use third-party analytics or advertising cookies. |
| _ga |
Google cookies |
Google Analytics cookie that is used to identify a user so that we can monitor usage of our website. Duration: 2 years. Size: 30 bytes. More information on Google cookies |
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Google cookies |
Google Analytics cookie that is used to maintain the session state, so that visitors are only counted once. Duration: 2 years. Size: 51 bytes. More information on Google cookies |