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Our <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/privacy-notice/privacy-notice/">privacy notice</a> provides a summary of how we use your information.</p> <h2>Website privacy</h2> <p>Information on this page explains our website privacy policy and how we will use and protect any information about you that you give us when you visit this website.</p> <p>This privacy statement only covers the NHS England website (www.england.nhs.uk). It does not cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement on that site.</p> <h3>What information do we collect?</h3> <p>From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website. 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