Important - Terms and conditions of use

1. Please read the following terms and conditions, which apply to any use made by you of information or other material contained on the PPD website ("information").
   
   
2. Content from the PPD website is covered by PPD copyright. Visitors can download material for private research, study or in-house use only. We describe this as 'personal use'. You must not copy, distribute or publish any material from this website without the permission of the copyright holder.
   
   
3. All rights, including copyright, in the content of these PPD web pages are controlled for these purposes by the PPD. In accessing the PPD's web pages, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal non-commercial use.
   
   
4. The methods of searching and presentation of information, certain information content, graphics, layout, design and other features of the PPD website are protected by intellectual property rights belonging to us. No licence is granted to you in respect of any such rights, except to the extent required for your personal use of the PPD website in accordance with these terms.
   
   
5. We endeavour to ensure the accuracy of all of the information. However, we do not accept any liability for the use made by you of the information, neither do we warrant that the supply of the information will be uninterrupted.
   
   
6. The PPD website contains links to various websites that are operated by third parties over whom we have no control. We therefore do not make any representation - and do not accept any liability - in respect of the content, products or services available from such websites, or the business of such third parties. Any dealings with third parties accessed using the PPD website shall be entirely at your own risk.

If you have any questions about using the PPD website, or if you wish to report any violations of intellectual property rights or if you are seeking permission under these terms and conditions, please email our .

Information about our Organisation and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organisation like Prescription Pricing Division. We are based in England.

The PPD undertakes a wide number of functions on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. These include the:-

• examination, checking, investigation and pricing of prescriptions for drugs, medicines and listed appliances: supplied as pharmaceutical services under the NHS Act 1977 (as amended).
  
  
• calculation of reimbursements due to dispensing contractors in the primary care sector and payments to pharmacy contractors, including notification to HAs of amounts paid for budgetary purposes.
  
  
• prompt and regular provision of information analysing costs and prescribing trends of general practitioners, together with analysis of the number and cost of prescriptions.
  
  
• compilation, publication and distribution on a monthly basis of the Drug Tariff in a manner approved by the Secretary of State of Health.
  
  
• administration on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health of the NHS Low Income Scheme in accordance with the provisions of the NHS (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 (as amended).
  
  
• investigation in the primary prescribing sector, of irregularities by patients and contractors, including the promotion of irregularities awareness and prevention.

The PPD maintains the largest drug database of its kind in Europe, over 576 million prescriptions per year. In addition, the Health Benefits Division deals with around one million claims per annum under the NHS Low Income Scheme. Most of the PPD's functions are computerised.

Our privacy policy covers Prescription Pricing Division and its Web sites:

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

The Services and Links of our Web Sites

Our Web sites do not include links to third party Web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We do not use cookies to automatically store personal data nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

We do use session cookies to ensure that you can interact with our site successfully.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations.

Listed below is a table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used.

We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated in the table below.

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we offer you the means to consent to this new purpose by separate contact to verify the new use of your personal data.

Children's Privacy

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

Confidentiality / Security

• primary personal data (such as name and contact details)
  
  
• identifiers (such as credit card details, Web site password)

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorised access
  
  
• improper use or disclosure
  
  
• unauthorised modification
  
  
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except with your consent or if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the Personal Data we may hold about you

• sending postal mail to this address :-

  Corporate Secretary NHS Business Services Authority Bridge House 152 Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6SN



• calling this telephone number 0191-2035484

whether we are keeping personal data about you.

• sending postal mail to this address :-

  Corporate Secretary NHS Business Services Authority Bridge House 152 Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6SN

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within the 40 calendar days allowed under the Data Protection Act for a Subject Access Request. Although we will require proof of your identity. We will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

• erased
  
  
• rectified or amended
  
  
• completed

We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance

There are no global or regional regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organisation.

In order to demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the above privacy instrument, we are:

• subject to an Independent Data Protection Authority supervision

Privacy Support

If you are not satisfied with our response to your concern:

• you may wish to contact Information Commissioner ()