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User Policy

If there is anything you do not understand in this policy then please contact us.

Frontier is a website provided by London Deanery primarily for use by staff grade, associate specialist and specialty doctors and dentists working in London NHS trusts. Login credentials will be provided by London Deanery if required.

1. Acceptance of this user policy

Your access and use of this website (located at www.frontier.londondeanery.nhs.uk), including any and all content, information and materials provided within it (the "content") (together referred to as "Frontier"), is subject to your acceptance of, and compliance with, the provisions of this user policy, which incorporates our discussion forum policy and privacy policy, (both of which you should also read), and any other legal notices and/or instructions which may appear on Frontier and/or within any content from time to time (together this "user policy"). The user policy is a legal agreement between you and the London Deanery.

IMPORTANT: By accessing and using Frontier, you will automatically be taken to have read, understood and accepted this user policy. If there is anything you do not understand you may contact us, but this user policy shall remain in effect regardless of any such enquiry. If you do not agree to be bound by this user policy you must cease to access and use Frontier, and any of the content found within it (including any content you have copied or downloaded).

2. Frontier

Frontier provides you with a rich collection of online facilities, which have associated rights and obligations.

Frontier has primary components:

  • Content, including documented processes compiled and contributed by members; 
  • Discussion forums

3. Your obligations

IMPORTANT: You may only use Frontier (including any content you access, copy or download) for either the lawful purpose(s) of your training and work within the United Kingdom public sector or your own personal non-commercial use, and in any event in accordance with this user policy.

You agree:

  • not to use Frontier (including any content) for your personal commercial gain or to provide it to any other person to use for commercial gain
  • not to change any of the text or images contained in Frontier or merge it with any other text or images, or forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any of the content;
  • to comply with any legal notices contained in Frontier (including in any content); and
  • to respect and comply with the legal rights of others, in particular our rights, and the rights of our licensors (please see the paragraph on ownership below) and any rights of individuals under the data protection act 1998, the law of confidentiality, and the right of privacy under article 8 of the human rights act 1998.
  • To notify us promptly if you reasonably believe there may be any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs hosted within Frontier, 
  • To notify us promptly of any material hosted within Frontier of which you are aware and which you reasonably believe may infringe this user policy

In addition you agree NOT to upload, post, email or otherwise send (together "upload") or knowingly receive any content which:

  • is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, indecent, obscene, defamatory, invasive of another's privacy, or discriminatory whether racially, ethnically, sexually, religiously or on grounds of age, disability, sexuality or otherwise, or which may incite or instruct any person or organisation to undertake such activities; 
  • contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs or any similar component likely to cause harm; 
  • constitutes an advertisement, encouragement, or specific recommendation to trade in any specific share or security; 
  • contains forged headers or manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origins of any content; 
  • infringes our legal rights or any other User, or any other person or organisation; or 
  • passes you off as, or in which you impersonate any person or entity, including any public sector organisation or London Deanery official, or otherwise misrepresents yourself or your connection with a third party in any way.

4. Availability of Frontier

We shall use reasonable endeavors to ensure that Frontier is available between the hours of 09.00 and 17.00 Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. Frontier may be available outside of those times. However we make no representation or guarantees as to availability.

We reserve the right to withdraw access to all or any part of Frontier for periods of time in order to modify content, scheduled or emergency maintenance and other purposes without notice to you.

Since you will receive Frontier via third party telecommunications networks, you acknowledge that we cannot guarantee that the availability of Frontier will be uninterrupted or error free. Similarly we cannot guarantee that the transmission of any information over such telecommunications networks will be secure nor that you will be able to access Frontier at all times.

IMPORTANT: Frontier is therefore provided to you on an "as is" and "as and when available" basis and your use of Frontier is at your own risk.

5. Registration and use of your data

( Please see paragraph 3 discussion forum policy, in relation to the registration and use of forum user's data.)

IMPORTANT: If you know or suspect that your password has been disclosed to any other person you must contact us immediately and change your password. Please note that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your password.

6. Forums

You agree to only access and use Frontier's discussion forums in accordance with the discussion forum policy.

7. Ownership and licence

You acknowledge that all rights in copyright, patents, design rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights (whether registered, capable of registration or otherwise) throughout the world, for the full duration of such rights ("IP rights") in Frontier (including in the content) are owned by us.

Except for your use of the content in accordance with this user policy, you are granted no IP rights in respect of Frontier.

You may print, copy or download the content provided always that:

  • Frontier and/or any member or third party responsible for creating the content, is the acknowledged source; 
  • all titles credits and URLs are included; and 
  • you comply with any legal notice contained in the content.

This permission is revocable by us at any time.

All trade marks, logos, titles, brand and product names ("our trade marks") which are featured in Frontier are owned by us or our licensors You may only use or refer to our trade marks which are included in content downloaded, copied or printed by you in accordance with this user policy. Otherwise you must not offer or distribute any products or services under or by reference to our trade marks, or otherwise reproduce any of our trade marks without our express written consent.

In relation to any content which you upload, you grant to us a non-exclusive royalty free licence (which includes the right to grant sub-licences) to include such content on Frontier so that it can be made available by us as part of Frontier and be viewed and downloaded by users and used and exploited as they see fit, subject to them respecting any reasonable legal notice which you may place on such content.

8. Links

Frontier contains links to websites which are not under our control. These links are provided for your convenience only. We are not responsible for the availability or content of such websites, nor for any products or services available on them. Any such link should not be seen as an endorsement of such websites, or any products or services contained on them.

You should be aware that your use of such other websites may be subject to additional terms and conditions imposed by the owners of those websites. Your dealings with such third parties are between you and the third party, and we accept no liability as a result of you accessing such websites or entering into contractual arrangements with the operator in question.

9. Modifications to this user policy

This user policy (including the privacy policy and discussion forum policy) may be amended by us in our discretion from time to time, and any such amendments shall take effect as soon as they are posted on Frontier. We therefore suggest that you review the user policy periodically.

10. Disclaimers

We do not limit our liability if you die or are injured as a result of our negligence or you suffer loss as a consequence of any fraud by us, and nothing in this user policy should be read as making any such limitations.

You should note that since content is provided not only by us but also by members we cannot and do not undertake to monitor every item of content uploaded onto Frontier.

We do not guarantee that Frontier is virus and/or error free nor do we undertake tha we have taken any particular steps to seek to ensure that it is virus and/or error free. You should always check content before down loading. Any content is downloaded by you at your own risk, and on the basis that you have taken reasonable steps to ensure the security of any computer equipment that you use to access Frontier (including but not limited to the installation and use of effective and up to date security programmes such as anti virus software and firewalls, and downloading and installing all security updates and patches for any software used on such computer equipment) and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that result from the download of such content; and

We make no representations, warranties or endorsements about the information included in Frontier or its accuracy (including in relation to any opinions or advice given, or any links to other websites). Anything on Frontier is for information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, legal or professional advice and should not be relied on without taking independent advice. Nor can we guarantee the prompt editing or removal of any inappropriate or inaccurate content.

IMPORTANT: Please note that you are solely responsible for any decisions you take based on the information contained in the content.

Unless we specifically state otherwise, we provide Frontier to you without any conditions, warranties, or guarantees, whether express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties or conditions as to the satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose. All warranties are expressly excluded to the extent permitted by law.

11. Our liability

We shall not be liable to you in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for:

  • any damage or loss arising from the consequences of viruses or any other malicious code received by you via Frontier or of our failure to provide Frontier in accordance with this user policy; 
  • any economic losses (including loss of profits) any indirect or consequential losses, loss of data, goodwill or reputation, or for any wasted expense including but not limited to losses caused by viruses or any other malicious code, 
  • and any other liability we may have to you whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for any loss or damage suffered by you in relation to Frontier

In any event we will not be liable for any failure to perform our obligations if we are prevented from doing so by an event beyond our reasonable control including (but not limited to):

  • strikes or labour disputes;
  • acts of God, war, riot, civil action, malicious acts or damage, fire, flood or storm; 
  • compliance with any law, governmental or regulatory order, rule, regulation or direction, any act or omission of any government or other competent authority; and/or 
  • accident, equipment or services failure, including the unavailability of third party telecommunications services, lines or other equipment.

IMPORTANT: You acknowledge that, on the basis inter alia that you are accessing Frontier for educational purposes and that Frontier is provided without charge to You that the disclaimers and limits on our liability contained in this user policy (in particular paragraphs 10 disclaimers and 11 our liability) are fair and reasonable.

12. Your liability

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your registration as a Member and/or your access to all or any parts of Frontier without notice to you, if we reasonably believe you to have breached this user policy.

You agree to indemnify us from and against any liability, loss, damage or expense caused to any person (including us or any other user), to the extent such losses, damages and expense is caused by:

  • your use of Frontier, or to whom you have disclosed your password (whether inadvertently or not); and/or 
  • any content which you have uploaded.

13. Termination

We are entitled to revoke your status as a member or otherwise limit your right of access to Frontier at any time:

  • where we believe you have materially or persistently breached this user policy, privacy policy or discussion forum policy ; or 
  • in any event on 1 week's notice.

13. General

Please note the following:

  • any failure or delay by us to bring legal proceedings in relation to Frontier, the content or this user policy shall not be regarded as a waiver of any rights, and any such waiver may only be made in writing. If we do waive any such rights, this shall not be regarded to be a waiver of any other or future rights we may have; 
  • if any paragraph, or part of any paragraph, of this user policy is found by any court, or other competent body to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable, that part shall be deemed to be severable from this user policy and the remaining provisions of this user policy shall continue in full force and effect; 
  • the user policy is not intended, nor shall it operate, to create a partnership or joint venture of any kind between us and you, and you are not authorised to act as our agent; 
  • no term of this user policy shall be enforceable under the contracts (rights of third parties) act 1999 ("act") by a third party, who is not a party to this agreement save for any other User who shall be entitled to exercise any rights it may have under that act against you. Notwithstanding that any term of this user policy may be or become enforceable by any other user, we shall be entitled to vary, amend, modify, suspend, cancel or terminate our agreement with you in accordance with the other terms of the user policy, without their consent; 
  • you may serve any formal notice on us by contacting us, and we may serve a formal notice on you, by either first class post or email to the contact details you submitted upon registration (as may be updated by you from time to time) and such notice will be regarded as formally received by the other on the next day that is not a week end or a public holiday; 
  • this user policy represents all the terms and conditions of your agreement with us that arises automatically when you use Frontier, and supersedes any previous agreements between us relating to your use of Frontier. If there are any inconsistencies between our discussion forum policy, our privacy policy or any legal notices or instructions, and the terms and conditions set out on this webpage, then the latter shall prevail; 
  • you acknowledge that (in relation to your use of Frontier) you have not relied on any statement, representation, warranty or understanding made by us or on our behalf (whether or not made negligently) other than those expressly set out in this user policy; 
  • this user policy shall be interpreted in accordance with English law and you and we submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

14. Contacting Us

You can contact us by sending an email to: websupport@londondeanery.ac.uk

Or by writing to us at:

London Deanery
Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN