Legal notices: Terms of Use
Access to the website www.thelondonkidneystonecentre.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
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. Medical information on this site is provided to enhance and complement, not replace, advice from a qualified medical practitioner. There is no substitute for an individual consultation. We recommend that you see your General Practitioner if you would like to be referred.
Limitation of liablity
Asif Raza will not accept liability for any loss or damages arising from your use of information contained within or accessed via thelondonkidneystonecentre 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 Asif Raza 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 identifes 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 or complaint about the content of this site please use our email as listed. We will not enter into any e-mail correspondence about individual cases.
Terms and conditions for failure of payment for clinic attendance or late cancellation of clinic.
Please note that for insured patients the contract for payment remains between the patient and Asif Raza.
Asif Raza’s secretary may ask for advance payment ahead of the clinic appointment by debit / credit card payment to secure a clinic place.
The patient is liable to pay any shortfalls not covered by their insurance company.
If the patient states they are covered by an insurance company when they initially register with Asif Raza but there was no valid insurance cover at the outset the patient and not the insurance company are liable to pay Asif Raza s fees.
Please confirm before attending your appointment with Asif Raza that you have valid membership and authorisation to see Asif Raza or have treatment.
If no valid insurance cover is in place you will be liable for all costs incurred plus any additional payments for late payment or debt recovery.
Please note that the contract is between the patient and Asif Raza and that the responsibility of payment is that of the patient to Asif Raza even if a valid insurance and authorisation is in place. If insurance cover is in place the Insurance company will normally be billed directly rather than the patient by Asif Raza for payment. However the patient is liable to pay any shortfalls not covered by their insurance company.
Clinic cancellation:
If the patient wishes to cancel their clinic this must be done by email and or text message to Asif Raza’s secretary and not the hospital or clinic.
- Appointments can be moved or cancelled free of charge providing the request is made more than 24 hours prior to the appointment.
- If a patient should cancel their appointment within 24 hours of the appointment, they will be charged in full.
- Cancellation fees will be issued as fee invoice to the patient and are to be paid in full within 14 days of the date of the issued invoice.