Cookies

We use cookies where they are necessary for the functioning of this website or where they help us to give you the best possible experience. Our cookies are not used to identify you personally.

We also occasionally incorporate functionality from other, reputable, websites. These websites may also set cookies, known as 'third party cookies'.

You can choose whether to allow non-essential cookies by setting your cookie preferences below. Cookies necessary to the functioning of this website can be blocked or disabled by changing your browser settings (see managing your cookies), but this may affect how the website works.

List of cookies used on this website

Source	Cookie Names	Purpose
ReachDeck	Third party - not listed	We use text-to-speech software called ReachDeck (previously known as 'Browsealoud') to enable you to listen to and translate our website content. If you use this functionality, Texthelp (the company that produces ReachDeck) will store data in the Local Storage of your browser to allow ReachDeck to work correctly and to remember your preferences / settings. This data is not transmitted to the Texthelp servers. ReachDeck also uses Google Analytics to collect information on how ReachDeck is used. You can choose whether to allow ReachDeck cookies / local storage in your cookie preferences. For more information, go to texthelp.com.
Facebook	Third party - not listed	Some pages contain feeds from Facebook accounts. These will only display and set cookies if you have chosen to allow functionality from social media websites in your cookie preferences. For more information on how Facebook uses cookies, see Facebook's cookie policy.
Google Analytics	_ga _ga_* _gat_gtag_UA_* _gid	We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use this website, such as which pages you have visited and the browser that you used. We don't allow Google to use or share our analytics data and we mask IP addresses. To find out more, please go to Google Analytics: Safeguarding your data. You can choose whether to allow these Google Anayltics cookies in your cookie preferences.
Oxford University Hospitals	t_privacy_confirmed t_privacy_settings	Stores your cookie preferences for this website.
Vimeo	Third party - not listed	Some pages contain embedded Vimeo videos. These will only display and set cookies if you have chosen to allow functionality from social media websites in your cookie preferences. For more information, see the Vimeo Cookie Policy.
YouTube	Third party - not listed	Some pages contain embedded YouTube videos. These will only display and set cookies if you have chosen to allow functionality from social media websites in your cookie preferences. For more information, see YouTube's embedding videos information page.

Please note: we haven't listed the names of individual third party cookies, as these aren't within our control and could change at any time.

Managing your cookies

When you first visit this website, we notify you that we use cookies and give you the choice to set your cookie preferences. You can change these preferences at any time. If you choose 'do not allow', it will:

• Block the feature that sets cookies, so it doesn't run for you on this website.
• Stop new cookies associated with the feature from being set.

If you have previously allowed cookies on this website, changing your preference to 'do not allow' may not remove them. Please delete these manually if required (see below).

Deleting / blocking cookies

You can delete the cookies stored on your computer at any time. You can also change your browser's privacy settings to block websites from storing cookies on your computer. To learn more about cookies, including how to manage or delete them, see www.allaboutcookies.org.