Privacy & Cookie Policy
About this site
The website aims to serve as an information source for the practice of Dr Andrew Sawczenko, Consultant Paediatrician, and is aimed at the general public.
This information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to medical advice. If you or your child are unwell you should seek medical advice from a trained medical professional. You should not delay seeking medical advice, nor disregard medical advice, nor discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website.
Funding and advertising
This website is funded by solely by Dr Sawczenko. Links to commercial sites do not generate income and are for your benefit only. This website does not host advertisements or sponsored links to commercial enterprises. Links to commercial enterprises or other sites are in order to facilitate user education. If an advertisement were to be placed for monetary recompense, then it would be distinguished by the word "Advertisement". Because of this policy, Dr Sawczenko declares no conflict of interest.
Quality assurance of staff and facilities
The premises at the Portland and Cromwell Hospitals are licensed with the UK Care Quality Commission.
All practitioners are registered with their respective councils and are experienced in the management of childhood illness. All clinical staff are checked by the Disclosure & Barring Service to permit work with children in the UK. Staff undergo annual review and participate in continuing professional development. Doctors are required to comply with the principles and values on which Good Medical Practice is founded, as laid down by the UK General Medical Council.
Data Protection
The confidentiality of patient information is of the utmost importance and Dr Sawczenko adheres to guidance issued by the General Medical Council. Dr Sawczenko takes all reasonable means to secure data, storing paper records in secure locations, and electronic records on encrypted devices. Any personal information you provide will be held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and used only for the reason specified at the point of collection, that is to provide medical care.
Dr Sawczenko is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office, as prescribed by the Data Protection Act. The Data Protection Act entitles you to request information held about you. Please contact Dr Sawczenko if you wish to make such a request.
Cookies
Where services are delivered on the internet small amounts of information are sometimes placed on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example: enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task, recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested, measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
This site uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from, and the pages they visited.
For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics or to opt-out, please visit:
Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy
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Transmission of data over the internet may be insecure and Dr Sawczenko cannot guarantee the security of data sent in this way. Email cannot be guaranteed to be error-free or to have originated from a legitimate address as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, created by a non-authorised source, and/or arrive late or be incomplete. Dr Sawczenko does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of email messages, which arise as a result of email transmission.
Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. Dr Sawczenko takes reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in email he sends, but he cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of email or email attachments. You should check all emails and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Dr Sawczenko accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by email.
Dr Sawczenko’s email provider automatically scans all incoming email messages, and filter out messages that appear to be Spam. Since no filtering system is completely accurate, on occasion legitimate messages may also be filtered-out. Please let us know if you suspect that this is the case or if you receive any message from Dr Sawczenko that may be considered to be Spam.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Disclaimer, please contact Dr Sawczenko as detailed on the contact page of this website.
