Disclaimer Summary
General principles are described. They may not apply in your circumstances. Please do not make decisions about your own ENT problems based on information in this website – Always discuss your problem with your own doctor.
The content of this website should not in anyway be interpreted or perceived as medical advice given by Mr Pringle. Mr Pringle is only able to provide medical diagnosis and professional advice during consultations with patients.
Mr Pringle aims to provide correct information on this website but cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of all of the information contained in this website or for the consequences of any action taken by any individual on the basis of any information contained in this website. Always discuss your individual circumstances with your own Doctor.
DISCLAIMER
All information and advice on this website is of a general nature and may not apply to you. This medical information is provided to help people understand ENT conditions. Please do not base any treatment decisions on information in this website without discussing your condition with your own qualified medical practitioner. We can not be held responsible for any treatment decision based solely on this website.
Legal notices: Terms of Use
Access to the public area of this website www.EarsAndHearingUK.com is provided to you free of charge and without any requirement to register your personal details with us. By using this website you signify agreement to the terms of use as contained in the following disclaimer, limitation of liablity, links, jurisdiction, copyright and personal privacy notices.
Disclaimer
(1) No advice
This website contains general information about medical conditions and treatments. The information is not advice and should not be treated as such.
(2) Credit
This document was created using an SEQ Legal template.
(3) No warranties
The medical information on this website is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information on this website.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, we do not warrant or represent that the medical information on this website:
(a) will be constantly available, or available at all; or
(b) is complete, true, accurate, up to date or non-misleading.
(4) Professional assistance
You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider.
If you have any specific questions about any medical matter, you should consult your doctor or other professional healthcare provider.
If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition, you should seek immediate medical attention.
You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website.
(5) Limiting our liability
Nothing in this medical disclaimer will:
(a) limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any of our liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any of our liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
All information and advice on this website is of a general nature and may not apply to you. Although we take care to update our pages regularly, medical knowledge is constantly advancing, and we cannot promise that all the information will always be up to date and accurate.
Limitation of liablity
Mr M.B.Pringle will not accept liability for any loss or damages arising from your use of information contained within or accessed via the www.EarsAndHearingUK.com website. We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to the website and you should not rely on it being permanently available online. This does not affect your statutory rights and we do not seek to exclude or limit our liablity for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other act not capable of being excluded under English Law.
Links
Links to third party websites are provided for your convenience and ease of use. We do not have any control over the continued availablity, quality or relevance of the content of third party websites. The presence of a link from this website does not necessarily imply our endorsement or recommendation of the owners, operators, products, services or content of the linked website.
Jurisdiction
This website is based in England. By using this website you agree that such use is subject to English Law. Any dispute arising from your use of this site will be determined exclusively in the English Courts.
Copyright / intellectual property
Except where otherwise identified, the original images and written material on this site are the intellectual property and / or copyright of Mr Mike B Pringle who asserts all his moral rights as the author of the work. The information may be freely reproduced in its entirety by photocopying, print, electronic publishing or any other means on condition that no additions, deletions or any other alterations are made to the text, that the authorship is acknowledged, and that the information is circulated for the benefit of patients. Extracts may be made for personal use or study but commercial use is prohibited without express prior permission. If any of the material presented on this site is subject to additional restrictions then you must abide by those restrictions.
Personal privacy
We do not collect personal data about you when you visit this the public areas of this website. If you leave contact details on our feedback form, we will not share those details with any third party. We do not accept e-mail communications from patients or potential patients because of security and confidentiality issues concerning medical information over the internet. We do not use cookies. Our website hosting service automatically collects information on the IP address (a code that identifies your computer’s link to the internet), pages visited, times of day, and types of browser used by visitors to the site. This information is used in aggregate form only. There is no intention to obtain or use personal data by this means. Any data thus collected which could identify an individual will be handled by us in compliance with the terms of the UK Data Protection Act.
Compliance with UK standards
This website has been written to comply with current UK standards regarding the publishing of medical service information on the Internet, as published by the General Medical Council in “Good Medical Practice” November 2006 and by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Comments and complaints
If you have a comment, question or complaint about the content of this site please use our contact form. We will not enter into any e-mail correspondence about individual cases.