Website notices
Visitors to this website are advised to acquaint themselves with the following information:
Use of information
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information contained on this website is accurate, EMAS accepts no responsibility for errors.
Website monitoring
EMAS collects information from visitors to this website which it uses to analyse trends. The data collected is anonymous and does not identify you as an individual.
If you contact us via an e-mail link, the information you are asked to provide is the minimum required for us to deal with your enquiry.
Computer viruses
EMAS makes every reasonable effort to ensure the information held on its website is free from computer viruses. However, you are recommended to use your own anti-virus checking software when downloading information.
EMAS cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to computer systems and/or data by information downloaded from its website, or its links.
Accessibility for people with disabilities
Our organisation is committed to complying with the Disability Discrimination Act and as such, have made many improvements to our website to reduce the barriers experienced by people with disabilities. With reference to Central Government guidelines, our policy is to create pages to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Priority 2 level.
If you do find any of our pages inaccessible, please contact us to let us know (including details of your computer / web browser) and we will make every reasonable effort to restructure the information in a format that you find acceptable.
Resizing text
If you find the text is too small on our web site, then you can resize it accordingly. Instructions for doing this are given for most major browsers below:
Internet Explorer 4:
choose View>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option
Internet Explorer (version 5 and later):
choose Tools>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option.
All other browsers should be able to resize the text directly from the menu bar. Please see your specific browser help pages if you are having difficulty.
Low graphics pages
Although not strictly text-only, these pages are quicker loading and useful if you do not need the images or if you are on a slow connection.
Downloadable documents
Where possible we try to provide downloadable documents in formats such as PDF or Microsoft Word.
If you find any of our downloadable documents present a barrier to accessing information because of a disability please contact us giving details of the document in question, the problems encountered and what we could do to help.
Privacy statement
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for this website.
This page explains how East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust uses any information you give to us, and the way we protect your privacy. Protecting the privacy and personal data of the visitors to our site is of the utmost importance to us.
Information collection and use
In accordance with the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We will only use your information for the purpose as described and we do not pass on your details to any other government department or third party unless you have given us permission to do so. You have a right to access your personal data and rectify any inaccuracies. This system will record your email address and other information if volunteered to us by you. This shall be treated as proprietary and confidential. It may be used for internal review and to notify you about updates to this website Information which you send to us through this website will be treated as follows:
1. We will keep it no longer than we reasonably believe is necessary.
2. We will use it only for the purpose for which you sent it
If you would like to know more about what your data will be used for, please contact Communications, at the address below.
Site usage
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user's identity but no personal information. When the user closes their browser, the cookie is destroyed. We do not use cookies for collecting user information. Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site to enable us to enhance the future layout of the site. The data we gather in this way does not contain any personal information or information about which other sites you have visited.
If you provide feedback on our web site we will only use it to develop and improve the site. We will keep the actual feedback for six months after which it will be deleted but analysis of feedback may be kept.
Notification of changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it
Copyright
© East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
The material on this site is subject to copyright protection of East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust unless otherwise indicated. The East Midlands Ambulance Service copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the East Midlands Ambulance Service copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.
The permission to reproduce East Midlands Ambulance Service protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders.
East Midlands Ambulance Service encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, please contact us.
Access keys
Access keys let you navigate a website without using your mouse. They can be used to jump directly to different sections or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.
Table of access keys
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Access key
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Function
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0
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go to Access Keys documentation page
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1
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go to Home page
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2
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skip to main content of current page (for non-visual browsers)
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3
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go to Site Map page
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4
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go to Search box
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5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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[reserved for use on individual sites - forthcoming]
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How to use Access Keys in your Browser
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Browser
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What to do
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Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)
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Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
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Internet Explorer 4 (PC)
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Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
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Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
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Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
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Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
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Access keys are not supported
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Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)
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Access keys are not supported
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Netscape 7 (PC)
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Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
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Firefox, Mozilla (PC)
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Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
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Firefox, Mozilla (Mac)
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Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
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Safari and Omniweb (Mac)
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Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
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Opera
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Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey
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Notes and feedback
Please note that some assistive technology tools such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes already make use of the alt+[access key] combinations. As such, users of these tools will not be able to use these access keys.
These access key assignments are based on research into best practice across the web (in an attempt to be consistent with other sites' access keys), and an understanding of the key global navigation requirements of users.
