Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so do not take up much space.

How we use cookies

We only use cookies to:

  • make our website work
  • measure how you use our website, such as which links you click on (analytics cookies)

We do not use any other cookies, for example, cookies that remember your settings or cookies that help with health campaigns.

Cookies required to make our website work

These cookies make our website work, for example by keeping it secure.

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List of cookies that are needed to make our website work
Name Purpose Expires
Name

ARRAffinity

Purpose

Helps stop our site crashing by spreading traffic across web servers

Expires

When you close the browser

Name

ARRAffinitySameSite

Purpose

Helps stop our site crashing by spreading traffic across web servers

Expires

When you close the browser

Name

.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.*

Purpose

Set by ASP.NET to ensure the security of requests

Expires

When you close the browser

Name

nhsuk-cookie-consent

Purpose

Remembers your cookies settings on our website

Expires

1 year

Cookies that measure website use(analytics cookies)

These cookies store information about how you use our website, such as the links you click on. We use them to help make our website better.

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List of cookies that measure website use
Name Purpose Expires
Name

_ga

Purpose

Used to persist session state for Google Analytics.

Expires

2 years

Name

_ga_<container-id>

Purpose

Used to persist session state for Google Analytics.

Expires

2 years

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