Cookies and Privacy

Cookies are small text files that your browser stores when you visit some websites and will be sent back to the website each time you request a page.

This page is to give you more information on the cookies your browser stores when visiting our website:

First party cookies

We set 1 cookie on your browser, "ASP.NET_SessionId", this is used by our server for storing short term information, to assist in caching, optimisation and authentication for users who log in to the site. This is a session cookie so will last only as long as your browser is open.

Third party cookies

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic and help improve the site. Google set 4 cookies on your browser for this purpose, __utma, __utmb, __utmc and __utmz. For more information on these cookies please see the Google Analytics Cookie page.

You can also use their opt-out plugin if you do not want Google Analytics to track your use of our site.

The search on our site is provided by Google via their servers. Google may use cookies, if so they will be registered for www.google.com not for www.kch.nhs.uk.