Who we are
The West Midlands Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative (SupportED) is hosted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and is a collaborative of partners from across the West Midlands region.
We work with individuals, families and communities who are affected by eating disorders.
SupportED is part of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Who we share your data with
We may share your information with other organisations and individuals where it may benefit you and support your healthcare needs, or we are required to do so.
We will also share information as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order.
Please see our Trust’s privacy notice for full details.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Patient Data is held in line with the NHS England Records Management Code of Practice Published 2021 (updated August 2023).
What rights you have over your data
For full details on how the Trust handles your data, your rights and who to contact if you have any concerns about the data we hold about you see the Trust Privacy Notice Trust’s privacy notice.
How we use cookies
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There are some cookies necessary to this site functioning, such as interacting with our accessibility toolbar. These cookies will usually remove themselves when you close your browsing session. More information can be found in the ‘Necessary cookies’ section.
We use some additional cookies, such as Google Analytics, to help us gather information and improve the website. You have the option to deny use of these cookies; more information can be found in the ‘Additional cookies’ section.
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Necessary cookies
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| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | Persistently records your option regarding additional cookie. | 1 year |
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| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
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| accessibility-controls | Records option regarding additional cookies. | End of browsing session |
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Allows the language of page content to be changed and records the language selected. |
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You can opt-out of Google Analytics on our website by denying additional cookies or by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| _gid |
Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. |
1 day |
| _gat | Throttles request rate for Google Analytics. | 1 minute |
| _ga_{ID} | Persists session state for newer versions of Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| _gat_gtag_UA_{ID} |
Persists session state for older versions of Google Analytics. |
1 minute |
| __utma | Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| __utmb | Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics. | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics. | End of browsing session |
| __utmz | Stores traffic source for Google Analytics. | 6 months |
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We may use embeds from YouTube, Google Maps or Vimeo on our site to display content. That content uses the following third-party cookies. Where possible, we will use privacy-oriented settings to ensure as few cookies as possible require consent.
These additional cookies that remain, and the content from which they stem, will not display on the site unless you choose to ‘Accept additional cookies’.
| Cookie | Source | Purpose | Expiry |
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| CONSENT | YouTube (.youtube-nocookie.com) | Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. | 2 years |
| CONSENT | Google Maps (.google.com) | Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. | 2 years |
| __cf_bm | Vimeo (.vimeo.com) | Vimeo ClouldFlare layer which filters out requests from bots. | 30 minutes |
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We use Google reCAPTCHA in order to verify whether or not you are a human when submitting data to the website. Most of the time, this will only be present on pages containing forms.
| Cookie | Source | Path | Purpose | Expiry |
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| _GRECAPTCHA_grecaptcha | Google (www.google.com) | /recaptcha | Provides risk analysis to Google spam protection. | 6 months |