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By ticking/clicking ” I Agree” I accept these terms and conditions and consent to your designated Therapist(s) using information about my health and wellbeing for the purposes of providing therapy. I also consent to you disclosing the contents of my Account and Appointment requests (which may include the outcome of previous Appointments) to your Therapist(s) to help ensure that they provide the appropriate treatment.
If you withdraw your consent then you will not be able to continue with your therapy. If you do decide to withdraw your consent, then we or your Therapist(s), may still need to use your information, for example, if we need to tell your GP because we have serious concerns about your wellbeing. Further information about how your personal data is used in connection with the Dr Julian Platform can be found in the Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy on our website www.dr-julian.com. Please ensure that you have read this carefully before you proceed.
What these terms cover. These are the terms and conditions which govern your access and use of the Dr Julian Platform, and in particular your making/requesting appointments with Therapists, which are described in more detail below.
1.1 Why you should read them.
Please read these terms carefully before you access or attempt to access the Dr Julian Platform, and in particular before you book an Appointment. These terms tell you who we are, what services we provide, how services will be provided to you, how you and we may change or end the contract, what to do if there is a problem and other important information. These terms also describe the limitations of our responsibility to you.
1.2 How you agree to these terms.
By creating an Account (as described below) you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you do not understand, or do not agree to, any aspect of these terms and conditions you are not authorised to access or use the Dr Julian Platform, and you should cease all use of it. These terms and conditions will then form a contract between you and Dr Julian from the point at which you create an Account, until they are brought to an end in accordance with these terms.
1.3 There are other terms that may apply to you.
As well as these terms and conditions, the following additional terms may also apply to your use of the Dr Julian Platform:
1.3.1 Our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy which can be found on our website (www.dr-julian.com), sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. It also sets out information about the cookies on the platform and our website. By using the Platform, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
1.3.2 Our Acceptable Use Policy which can be found on our website (www.dr-julian.com), sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of the Platform. When using the Platform, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.
1.3.2 Our Feedback (FTT) and Complaints Policy which can be found on our website (www.dr-julian.com)
2.1 Who we are.
We are Dr Julian Medical Group Limited a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 09856896 and our registered office is The 1921 Building East Malling Business Centre, New Road, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ.
2.2 References to you and us in these terms
References to you and us in these terms. In these terms and conditions, references to Dr Julian, we or us refer to Dr Julian Medical Group Limited. References to you or similar refer to you as a user of the Dr Julian Platform.
2.3 How to contact us.
You can contact us by e-mailing our customer service team at info@dr-julian.com. Please note that email communications may not be secure – as such, you should not include credit card information or other sensitive information in your correspondence with us.
2.4 How we may contact you.
If we have to contact you we will do so by telephone, text messaging or by writing to you at the email address or postal address you provide/confirm to us when you first access/register to use the Platform as subsequently updated.
2.5 Writing includes emails.
When we use the words writing or written in these terms, this includes emails.
USE OF THE DR JULIAN PLATFORM IS NOT FOR EMERGENCIES. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING OR CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, OR FEEL THAT YOU ARE A DANGER TO YOURSELF OR TO OTHERS, YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE OF THE PLATFORM IMMEDIATELY. THE DR JULIAN PLATFORM IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR EMERGENCY CARE.
Call 111- if you urgently need medical help or advice but it is not a life-threatening situation
Call 999 – if you or anyone else is in immediate danger or harm
Call the Samaritans 24 hours a day on 116 123
3.1 The Service which Dr Julian provides.
Dr Julian is an on-line mental health and healthcare platform, Web App together with Android and iOS applications (Apps) and a Web Site. Through the Platform, we connect you with a network of mental health professionals (that may include, but are not limited to, consultant psychiatrists, therapists, counsellors, psychological wellbeing practitioners and psychologists) (Therapists) to obtain, mental healthcare guidance, counselling and therapy services. Our services include:
3.1.1 the facilitation of electronic communications with Therapists;
3.1.2 the provision of appointment scheduling and reminders and other services related to online assessment and therapy including the storage of appointment notes and assessments for both our registered users and Therapists;
3.1.3 where you are paying for your own appointment arrangements for payment by you for the services provided by Therapists; and
3.1.4 the provision of other information about Dr Julian and our products and services through our website, dr-julian.com.
3.15 The provision of mental health guidance, or the provision of counselling or therapy services through the Platform. These services are provided to you by the Therapist with whom you make an Appointment
In these terms and conditions, the services listed above, and other ancillary services described in these terms, are collectively referred to as the Platform.
3.2 Dr Julian does not provide access to doctors.
Most of the Therapists who you may access through the Platform are not doctors. You should never disregard, avoid or delay in obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider because of something you have read on the Platform. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified healthcare professional immediately.
3.3 You should only rely on the help and guidance given to you by Therapists.
No information which you access on the Platform should be relied on by you, or be construed by you, as being medical advice. Although Dr Julian seeks to ensure that all information contained on the Platform is accurate and reflects best practice the only help and guidance which you should rely on through the Platform is help and guidance which is given direct to you by Therapists during an Appointment.
3.3.1 Why you should read them.
Please read these terms carefully before you access or attempt to access the Dr Julian Platform, and in particular before you book an Appointment. These terms tell you who we are, what services we provide, how services will be provided to you, how you and we may change or end the contract, what to do if there is a problem and other important information. These terms also describe the limitations of our responsibility to you.
3.4 System Requirements.
In order to use the Dr Julian Platform, the device on which you will access the Platform will need to comply with the minimum specification requirements which are set out in our FAQ’s accessible from your dashboard within the Platform and on our Web Site. We will be entitled to update those minimum requirements from time to time, and you will need to ensure that the device on which you access the Platform continues to meet those requirements. We will keep the requirements up to date on the Dr Julian Web-Site.
4.1 In order to use the Platform, you will be required to become a registered user by creating a Dr Julian account (Account).
4.2 You must be at least 18 years old.
To create an Account, you must be at least 18 years old. If you are under 18 you are not permitted to register to use the Platform. Dr Julian reserves the right to terminate your Account (and these terms and conditions with you) if it comes to our attention that you are under 18 years old. In the near future we will be reducing the age limit to “at least 13 years old”. At that time we will republish these terms and conditions on our website to reflect that change. When we make that change, if you are aged between 13 and 18 years of age, you must only select a Therapist who is qualified in dealing with people of your age. If you are between 13 and 16 years of age the Therapist will need to be satisfied that you have enough intelligence, competence and understanding to fully appreciate what’s involved in your treatment to proceed with your Appointment.
4.3 You must not be a resident of the USA or Canada.
The Platform is solely for the use of customers who are situated and resident outside of the United States of America and Canada. By creating an Account you warrant to us that you are not situated or a resident of the United States of America or Canada. Dr Julian reserves the right to terminate your Account (and these terms and conditions with you) if it comes to our attention that you are situated or a resident of the United States of America or Canada. Access to the Platform is strictly prohibited to those situated or resident in the United States of America or Canada.
4.4 Your registration details.
In order to access the Platform, you must provide us with a current valid email address so that we may contact you, your date of birth, gender and name. You agree that the information you provide during registration, and in any information you upload to your Dr Julian online profile maintained by or through the Platform (whether required by us or not) will be true, accurate, current, and complete (and you will update that information to reflect any changes). This information includes, but is not limited to, name, address, date of birth, phone number, email addresses and GP details. Changes can be made by you in your user profile, through the dashboard in the Platform, and you are solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of your information. We collect this information for security purposes, to help us identify you and to ensure we can contact your GP in case of need. If you are a patient referred to us by the NHS directly or indirectly we will receive additional information from them relating to the national IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) programme. This additional information includes, but is not limited to, Ethnic Category, NHS Number, Employment Status, whether you are taking psychotropic medication, disability status, whether you are a carer, whether you are receiving SSP or other benefits and If you are an ex-serviceperson. We are required to keep some of this information up to date at each appointment however except for your NHS Number you can decline to provide an answer to any of this information without affecting your treatment.
4.5 Your Account password.
When you register, you will be asked to choose a password. You are responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of your password and you agree not to disclose your password to any third party. We recommend that you change your password at regular intervals although you may be prompted by the Platform to do so from time to time.
4.6 Your Account security.
Unless any unauthorised use occurs as a result of a breach of these terms and conditions by us, or by negligence on our part, you will be solely responsible for any activities or actions taken under your Account, whether or not you have authorised such activities or actions. You must notify us immediately if you know or suspect that any unauthorised person is using your password or your Account (for example, your password has been lost or stolen, someone has attempted to use the Platform through your account without your consent, or your Account has been accessed without your permission). We strongly recommend that you do not use the Platform on public computers, and that you do not store your password through your web browser or other software.
5.1 Therapist qualifications.
All Therapists available through the Platform have represented to us that they have degrees, diplomas, licences and/or certifications in the areas of psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, counselling and similar disciplines to the extent that those areas are relevant to their practice.
5.2 Therapist profiles.
Through the Platform, Dr Julian may provide profile pages for Therapists to enable them to post relevant information about their education, training, experience, and areas of specialisation. Therapists are solely responsible for the content of their respective profiles, and Dr Julian (to the extent permitted by law) expressly disclaims any and all liability for the content of the Therapist profiles, including, without limitation, the accuracy or reliability of any information contained in them. However, if it comes to our attention that any information contained in a Therapist’s profile is inaccurate or unreliable, we will take appropriate steps to update their profiles, or (where necessary) to remove that Therapist from the Platform.
5.3 Dr Julian performs checks of Therapist credentials.
Dr Julian performs checks to confirm the credentials of all Therapists, confirms that they are registered with their respective professional bodies, obtains evidence of Therapists qualification certificates, and requires a DBS with barring (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. However, Dr Julian is not responsible for credentialing Therapists, makes no representation regarding the accuracy of Therapists’ credentials, and (to the extent permitted by law) expressly disclaims any liability for fraudulent credentials or claims by the Therapists.
5.4 Dr Julian carries out annual checks of Therapists credentials.
Dr Julian re-checks the expiring credentials of Therapists, and aims to do so every 12 – 18 months. However, it is possible that changes in your Therapist’s professional status could occur between the time we perform a credential check and the time you select your Therapist. We require Therapists to inform us of any changes in their status, and if it comes to our attention that there has been a change in status of a Therapist, we will take appropriate steps to update their profiles, or (where necessary) to remove that Therapist from the Platform. However, we cannot guarantee the continued registration of each Therapist, and we ask that you notify us of any changes or concerns of which you become aware.
6.1 Arranging a consultation.
Having created an Account, you will be entitled to use the Platform to arrange consultations (Appointments) with a Therapist. You will be able to view the dates and times on which Therapists are available for Appointments through the Platform, and to book an Appointment with your preferred Therapist directly through the Platform. We recommend that you contact your preferred Therapist via the “message” button to arrange to discuss your issues prior to booking an Appointment to ensure that they are suitable for your issue and the type of therapy you require. All Appointments are provisional until confirmed by your Therapist. Therapists will endeavour to confirm Appointments within 24 hours. Provisional and final confirmation of your Appointment by Therapists will be shown on the Platform and emailed to you both when booked provisionally and again once the Appointment has been confirmed at which point payment will be taken, but only if you are paying for your Appointment, unless your card payment company does not permit delayed payments in which case the payment will be taken at the time of booking. (See clause 7 below on Fees payable to Therapists for Appointments). If you book an Appointment at short notice (generally within 24 hours of the Appointment start time) you will receive automatic confirmation of the provisional appointment by email and on the Platform. However because it is short notice it may not be possible for the Therapist to confirm the Appointment within that timescale.
6.2 Short Notice Appointments.
Whilst we endeavour to offer appointments at short notice it is preferable to take some time to correspond with your chosen Therapist through the “Message” button on the Web App to confirm that they are right for your issue and the type of therapy you require.
6.3 Therapist does not attend.
If the Therapist has not attended a confirmed Appointment within 15 minutes of the Appointment start time and the Appointment does not take place you will be entitled to rebook with the same Therapist or issued with a full refund if you have paid for your Appointment. If we have contacted you to advise you that the Therapist is unavailable then you will be either entitled to rebook with that same Therapist or issued with a full refund if you have paid for your Appointment. We will endeavour to advise you as soon as possible. If your Appointment has been paid for by your employer, the NHS, a third party such as an Occupational Health Business/Health Insurer or SafetyShield then in the above circumstances you will receive a re-credit of the Appointment to your Account and not a refund. Please advise us at info@dr-julian.com if your Appointment did not take place.
6.4 Length of consultation.
Your Therapist will commit an hour of their time to each 60 minute Appointment. This time will be allocated to no less than 50 minutes of contact time with your Therapist (providing you start your appointment on time). Your Therapist will commit half an hour of their time to each 30 minute Appointment. This time will be allocated to no less than 25 minutes of contact time with your Therapist (providing you start your appointment on time). Your contact time cannot exceed 60 or 30 minutes respectively.
6.5 The Therapists.
Therapists are either contracted to Dr Julian or employees of Dr Julian. Each Therapist provides its services direct to you, and owes you a duty of care in accordance with their regulatory obligations. Each Therapist is responsible for obtaining your informed consent to any help or guidance, (including your consent to use on-line health services in the course of any consultation conducted through the Platform).
6.6 The Therapists will rely on information that you give to them.
To the extent that help and guidance is provided to you by a Therapist through the Platform, that help and guidance will be based on the information which you give to the Therapist through the Platform (either through your Account, or during the course of an Appointment) including the outcomes of any assessments you undertake on the Platform and which are stored in your Account. It is, therefore, very important that you give all relevant information to your Therapist in order that they can assess your presenting symptoms and apply the appropriate standards of care for those symptoms.
6.7 We may need to contact you to cancel or reschedule Appointments.
On occasion your Therapist may need to cancel a confirmed Appointment. We will notify you of this as soon as possible via email and on the Platform. If this occurs you will be able to rebook that Appointment with the same Therapist or obtain a refund if you are paying for your Appointment. If your Appointment has been paid for by your employer, the NHS, a third party such as an Occupational Health Business/Health Insurer or SafetyShield then in the above circumstances you will receive a re-credit of the Appointment to your Account and not a refund. It is your responsibility to monitor your Account and emails, and ensure that you have read messages that you are sent.
6.8 Use of video recordings for quality and accreditation purposes.
Dr Julian does NOT record appointments as standard. However in order to monitor the quality of our therapists and for the purpose of their regular re-accreditation to their professional body membership recordings may be necessary. However NO recording will take place without your explicit permission. If you do agree to the recording of a session then it will be securely stored, used only for the agreed purpose and completely deleted within 45 days.
7.1 We do not charge you for use of the Platform.
There is no charge for you to register an Account or to use the Platform. As between you and us, use of the Platform is a free service. However, Therapists do charge for their time attending Appointments with you, and they authorise us to collect any payment due from you if you are paying for your own Appointment. If you are not paying for your own appointment then we will collect payment from amongst others your employer, a third party such as an Occupational Health Business/Health Insurer or the NHS in accordance with this clause 7. Where a Therapist is required by law to issue an invoice to you, we will pass that invoice on to you from the Therapist.
7.2 Therapist Fee levels.
If you are paying for your Appointment the fees payable in respect of an Appointment are set out on the Platform and will be specified to you at the time of booking an Appointment. The fees are subject to adjustment from time to time (and we will update the Platform accordingly) but any such adjustments will not affect Appointments that have already been booked and paid for.
7.3 Fees are payable only when a booking is confirmed.
The full amount of the fee, if you are paying for your Appointment, will only be payable at the time the Appointment is confirmed by the Therapist unless your card payment company does not permit delayed payments in which case the payment will be taken at the time of booking. By booking an Appointment, you authorise us to automatically deduct all applicable charges and fees from the payment card you give us details of at the time of making an Appointment. We will pay the fee for an Appointment, to the relevant Therapist (less a charge which we agree with the Therapist for the provision of the Platform).
8.1 Your right to cancel an Appointment.
You have a right to cancel an Appointment, for which you are paying, at any time during the period of 14 days following the date on which the Appointment is made. Your rights during this period (and the limits on those rights) are more fully described in clauses 15.5 to 15.7. You are also entitled to cancel any Appointment at any time up to 48 hours before the start of the Appointment. Any cancellation must be made through the Platform. If you cancel an Appointment in accordance with this clause you will, through the Platform, be able to rebook an Appointment with the same Therapist or be refunded any fees you have paid in respect of that Appointment. If your Appointment has been paid for by your employer, the NHS, a third party such as an Occupational Health Business/Health Insurer or SafetyShield then in the above circumstances you will receive a re-credit of the Appointment to your Account and not a refund.
8.2 No refund for late cancellations.
If you cancel an Appointment less than 48 hours before the start of the Appointment (other than in the circumstances described in clauses 15.5 to 15.7 which relates exclusively to those paying for their own Appointments), or if you do not attend the Appointment, you will not be entitled to re-book, a credit or any refund. In those circumstances, if you are paying for your Appointment, we will pay any fee to the Therapist in accordance with clause 7 as though the Appointment had gone ahead.
8.3 Your Therapist may decline to treat you, with no right for a refund.
Even if you secure an Appointment, it is within the discretion of the Therapist to determine during the Appointment that online mental health services are not appropriate for some or all of your treatment needs. In those circumstances, the Therapist may elect not to provide online mental health services to you (although the Therapist will only do so on reasonable medical grounds). If that happens, the Therapist may (if appropriate) recommend alternative treatment pathways to you. However, any such determination will be treated by you and the Therapist as an important outcome of the Appointment, and will not result in any entitlement to a refund of the fees which you may have paid.
8.4 You will be entitled to a refund if your Appointment is significantly disrupted.
If you arrange an appointment with a Therapist, but as a result of an act or omission on the part of Dr Julian or the Therapist – the Appointment is disrupted such that you are not reasonably able to conclude the Appointment, you will be entitled to a refund of any fees paid in respect of that Appointment. If your Appointment has been paid for by your employer, the NHS, a third party such as an Occupational Health Business/Health Insurer or SafetyShield then in the above circumstances you will receive a re-credit of the Appointment to your Account and not a refund. If this happens, you should e-mail us at info@dr-julian.com as soon as possible with details of the disruption, in order that we can verify it with the relevant Therapist. You will not be entitled to a refund or re-credit where the disruption is not our fault, or the fault of the Therapist. In particular, you will not be entitled to a refund or re-credit where the disruption arises as a result of problems with the device on which you are accessing the Appointment.
9.1 You are not able to access, or be issued with, prescriptions through the Platform.
Therapists are unable to provide you with prescriptions through the Platform. Any recommendation for prescription medication by a Therapist should be followed up by you with your usual General Practitioner.
10.1 We own the intellectual property in the Platform.
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Platform, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
10.2 You have a limited licence to use the Platform.
We grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Platform solely for personal, non-commercial use in accordance with the provisions of these terms and conditions. You are not entitled to sell, transfer, assign, sub-licence or in any other way deal with the licence that is granted to you by this clause.
10.3 There are limitations on your right to copy information on the Platform.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from the Platform for your personal use. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
10.4 Our status
(and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on the Platform must always be acknowledged.
10.5 The Platform is not for commercial use.
You must not use any part of the content on the Platform for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
10.6 Non-compliance could result in you losing the right to use the Platform.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our Platform in breach of these terms your right to use the Platform will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
10.7 We are not responsible for the content of third party sites or resources.
The Platform may provide links to third party web-sites and resources. In those circumstances, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
11.1 You must ensure that information which you upload to the Platform is appropriate.
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to the Platform, and during the course of Appointments with Therapists, you must comply with the standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy which can be found on our website www.dr-julian.com. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
11.2 We are entitled to remove inappropriate content.
We have the right to remove any content from your Account if, in our opinion, it does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
11.3 You grant us a licence to use information which you upload to the Platform.
Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you grant to us and your nominated Therapists a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties in accordance with these terms.
12.1 Information that you provide must be accurate.
Your Account will be established and maintained for you as a registered user of the Platform to enter, store, and access your information online, and for your Therapists to communicate with you about your care. All of the information contained in your Account will be maintained in accordance with these terms and conditions, and our Privacy Notice & Cookie Policy. You agree to provide accurate and complete information for your Account, to periodically review such information, and to update information that you provide as needed.
12.2 Messages that you send and receive will become a part of your Account.
All messages transmitted by you and to you through the Platform may be saved and become part of your Account profile. We will take all reasonable steps, in accordance with our legal obligations, to ensure that the messages are encrypted and secure.
ou consent to your designated Therapist(s) using information about your health and wellbeing for the purposes of providing therapy and confirming Appointments. You also consent to us disclosing the contents of your Account (which may include the outcome of previous Appointments and Assessments) to your Therapist(s) to help ensure that they provide the appropriate treatment. You also consent to us disclosing the contents of your Account (which may include the outcome of any or all Appointments) to the NHS or a third party such as a Health Insurer/EAP provider (or similar) or an Occupational Health Business (where the purpose of the Appointments is to provide a report in relation to your capability to work) but only if your Appointment has been paid either directly or indirectly by any of them. If you withdraw your consent then you will not be able to continue with your therapy. If you do decide to withdraw your consent, we, or your Therapist(s), may still need to use your information, for example, if we need to tell your GP because we have serious concerns about your wellbeing. Further information about how your personal data is used in connection with the Dr Julian Platform can be found in our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy on our website www.dr-julian.com.
14.1 We do not guarantee that the Platform will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the Platform. You should use your own virus protection software.
14.2 You must not knowingly introduce bugs or viruses to the Platform.
You must not misuse the Platform by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform, the server on which the Platform is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Platform. You must not attack the Platform via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Platform will cease immediately.
15.1 You can always end your contract with us.
You may terminate these terms and conditions, and your Account, at any time and for any reason. To do this, you should e-mail us at info@dr-julian.com to request that your Account is terminated.
15.2 What happens when you end your contract with us.
If you terminate your contract with us:
15.2.1 you will be treated as having cancelled any Appointments which you have booked with us, and the provisions of clause 8 will apply to that cancellation(s);
15.2.2 your right to use the Platform (and all other rights or licences granted to you by these terms and conditions) will cease with effect from the date on which you request that your Account is terminated.
15.3 Additional rights when you end the contract.
As well as your general right to terminate these terms and conditions at any time as described above, you may decide to end the contract (and you may have additional rights) in the following circumstances:
15.3.1 if the Platform was faulty or mis-described. In these circumstances, you may have a legal right to have the service re-performed or to get some or all of your money back;
15.3.2 if you want to end the contract because of something we have done, or have told you that we are going to do. In these circumstances, you may have additional rights as described in clause 4;
15.3.3 f you have changed your mind about an Appointment. In these circumstances, you may have rights to cancel that Appointment in accordance with clause 5.
15.4 Ending the contract because of something we have done or are going to do.
If you are ending a contract (or cancelling an Appointment) for a reason set out at clauses 4.1 to 15.4.3 below, the contract will end (or the Appointment will be cancelled, as applicable) immediately and we will refund you in full for any Appointments for which you have paid and which have not been provided. The reasons are:
15.4.1 there is a risk that supply of an Appointment may be significantly delayed because of events outside our control;
15.4.2 we have suspended Appointments for technical reasons, or we notify you we are going to suspend them for technical reasons, in each case for a period of more than 5 days; or
15.4.3 you have a legal right to end the contract because of something we have done wrong.
15.5 Exercising your right to change your mind (Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013).
For most products and services bought online you have a legal right to change your mind within 14 days and receive a refund. These rights, under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, are explained in more detail in these terms.
15.6 When consumers do not have a right to change their minds.
Your right as a consumer to change your mind does not apply in respect of:
15.6.1 digital products after you have started to download or stream these; and
15.6.2 services (in particular, Appointments) once these have been completed, even if the cancellation period is still running.
15.7 How long do consumers have to change their minds?
When you have booked and paid for an Appointment, you have 14 days after the day on which you book the Appointment to change your mind. However, once the Appointment has started, you cannot change your mind even if the 14 day period is still running. If you cancel after the Appointment has started, you must pay for the Appointment in full.
16.1 Tell us you want to end the contract.
To end the contract with us, please let us know by doing one of the following:
16.1.1 Email.
email us at info@dr-julian.com. Please provide your name, home address, details of the Appointment or order and, where available, your phone number and email address.
16.1.2 By post.
Print off the cancellation form to be found in Schedule 1 at the end of these Terms and Conditions and post it to us at the address on the form. Or simply write to us at that address.
16.2 How we will refund you.
If you are entitled to a refund under these terms we will refund you the price you paid for the services by the method you used for payment.
16.3 When your refund will be made.
We will make any refunds due to you as soon as possible, and in any event your refund will be made within 14 days of your telling us you have cancelled your Appointment.
17.1 We may end the contract if you break it.
We may end the contract at any time by writing to you if:
17.1.1 you do not make any payment to us when it is due and you still do not make payment within 10 days of us reminding you that payment is due;
17.1.2 you do not, within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information that is necessary for us or the Therapists to provide the services through the Platform;
17.1.3 it comes to our attention that any of the information that you have supplied in registering and updating your Account, or in your Appointments with Therapists, was inaccurate or if you have not updated that information to reflect any changes to it.
17.2 You must compensate us if you break the contract. If we end the contract in the situations set out in clause 1 we will refund any money you have paid in advance for Appointments but we may deduct or charge you reasonable compensation for the net costs we will incur as a result of your breaking the contract.
17.3 We may withdraw the Platform or any services. We may write to you to let you know that we are going to stop providing the Platform, or that any services through the Platform will cease to be available. We will let you know at least 10 days in advance of our stopping the supply of any service, and will refund any sums you have paid in advance for Appointments which will not be provided.
17.4 We may end the contract with you at any time. We may end the contract with you at any time by giving you at least 30 days’ notice in advance. If this happens, any booked Appointments will be cancelled, and we will refund any sums you have paid in advance for Appointments which will not be provided.
18.1 If this contract is ended at any time by either you or Dr Julian we will retain your personal information and clinical record in line with the guidance for managing health records provided by the IGA Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care. This supports our legal obligations to be accountable for your care. This retention period could range from 8 years if you achieve full recovery and up to 20 years after you were discharged/last seen.
19.1 How to tell us about problems. If you have any questions or complaints about the Platform, please contact us on the details set out in clause 2.3.
20.1 We are responsible to you for foreseeable loss and damage caused by us.
If we fail to comply with these terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking this contract or our failing to use reasonable care and skill, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen.
20.2 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so.
This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for breach of your legal rights in relation to the Platform.
20.3 When we are liable for damage caused by defective digital content.
If defective digital content which we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, in these circumstances, our liability to you will not exceed £250.
21.1 We may transfer this agreement to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation.
21.2 You need our consent to transfer your rights to someone else. Your rights under these terms, and in relation to the Platform, are personal to you, and you may not transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person.
21.3 We may make minor changes to this contract. We may update this contract from time to time and the latest version will be available on our web site. Each time you access the platform you will need to accept the latest version of these Terms and Conditions which you should read. Each version will have an effective date from which the new Terms and Conditions become effective
21.4 Nobody else has any rights under this contract. This contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms. Neither of us will need to get the agreement of any other person in order to end the contract or make any changes to these terms.
21.5 If a court finds part of this contract illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
21.6 Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide access to the Platform, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.
21.7 Which laws apply to this contract and where you may bring legal proceedings if you are a consumer. These terms are governed by English law and you can only bring legal proceedings in respect of it in the English courts.
Effective Date 10/09/2020
This notice is to help you understand how and why Dr Julian Medical Group Limited (Dr Julian) collects your personal information and what we do with that information. It also explains the decisions that you can make about your own information. Your privacy is important to us so we will always securely look after the information which you provide.
Any reference in this notice to “we” or “us” means Dr Julian.
If you have any questions about this notice please email us at info@dr-julian.com
Dr Julian is a website platform and apps that enables you to book a consultation with a mental health professional (such as a therapist or counsellor) and this notice explains how your personal information is used by the mental health professional and others through the Dr Julian platform.
Personal information is information about you from which you can be identified. This includes information such as your name, date of birth, gender, telephone number, email and postal addresses. As well as things like your GP’s details, appointment histories and the names of the mental health professionals who you have seen.
When you sign up/register with Dr Julian we ask you to provide us with certain information, such as:-
We must have this information so that we can enter into an agreement with you, to give you access to the Dr Julian platform and ensure we can properly identify you.
You then provide further information, when you book an appointment, such as your:-
We need this extra information because it makes it easier for us to look after you if you are at risk of harm.
If you are referred to us by the NHS, your employer or a third party such as an Occupational Health Business, a Health Insurer or similar, this information may be provided by them. They may also provide us with reports on the background to your referral and additional information. We use this information to guide the mental health professional in the therapy they provide.
During the consultation we may also ask you to provide additional information such as:-
You can refuse to provide any of this additional information but if you do provide it then it will be used to better inform the mental health professional of your circumstances which in turn will assist them in providing your therapy. In some cases this information will be provided by your referrer eg the NHS to whom you have provided it and we will only keep it up to date.
Dr Julian does not keep your payment information, including your name, credit or debit card number, card expiration date, CVV code and billing address. Instead we use another specialist organisation, Stripe, to keep these secure. Note that third-party payment processors may retain this information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.
During your appointment with the mental health professional we anticipate that you may provide information about your health and wellbeing, mental history, family and personal circumstances and so on which is in addition to any provided on referral. The mental health professional will use this information to guide them in the therapy you have chosen/they provide. How much information you provide is your choice but the more you provide the easier it will be for the mental health professional to support you.
In addition we will tell your mental health professional the time and date of your provisional and confirmed appointments with them and they will be given your name and access to your user profile (part of your user record) that contains additional information, which you or others may have provided about yourself (such as full name, date of birth, gender, email address, GP details, phone number, referral information etc).
You can fill in health questionnaires on the Dr Julian platform. We use these to assist in the diagnosis and monitoring of your issue(s). Your mental health professional will be able to see your responses and these will form part of your user records.
The mental health professional will keep a record of your consultation which will be held on the Dr Julian platform as part of your user records. If you have a text based appointment or exchange messages with your mental health professional these details will also be stored on the platform. The mental health professional may also make their own separate record.
Before you see a mental health professional they will have access to your records created by any previous mental health professional and they will retain access to these records after your appointment with them. This is to allow them to understand the treatment already given and to provide better care.
If you do not see a mental health professional again, they will not be able to see any records of future appointments with different mental health professionals.
Your mental health professional may discuss your case with their supervisor. This is to make sure that you are provided with good quality care.
We will use your information to confirm that you have booked appointments and to send you reminders and other communications about these appointments by SMS, Text, Email and Phone.
Dr Julian might use your information if you want to cancel an appointment and in order to give you a refund if appropriate.
We may monitor your use of the platform to improve our services to you and to provide you with details of our services.
We will need to use your information if you choose to exercise any of your data protection rights. These are detailed in the section “what decisions can you make about your information?” below.
We will use your information to keep you up to date, and remind you, about our services, special offers and improvements to our website platform.
Dr Julian may, on occasion, use fully anonymised personal information for research purposes. It will NOT be possible to identify you from this information. If you would prefer that we did not use your anonymised information in this way then please email us at info@dr-julian.com to that effect.
Dr Julian does NOT and will NOT share or sell your personal information with/to third parties other than those referred to below.
The information that you tell your mental health professional is kept confidential unless there is a very good reason for sharing it. Certain qualified professionals within the Dr Julian organisation will have access to your consultation records for the purposes of quality control and the audit of our mental health professionals. Other of our staff will also have access to your information, including your consultation records, necessary to manage our relationship with you.
If we, or the mental health professional, think that there is a severe risk that you might harm yourself, or someone else, we or the mental health professional must tell the appropriate people such as your GP or another health professional. In most cases we, or the mental health professional, will try to tell you in advance that we need to share your information.
We may also need to share your information as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority (including for the avoidance of doubt, the General Medical Council). If your treatment has been funded, directly or indirectly, by the NHS we will share the details of your treatment and user record with them and, as appropriate, your GP and your medical team.
We may also need to share your information if you make a complaint against a mental health professional or raise a concern. We will investigate and as part of this investigation we may need to look at the notes the mental health professional has made about you and share some of the information with third parties such as the regulator, insurers or professional advisors.
If you have been referred to Dr Julian by your employer as part of an Employee Assistance/ Health Insurance Programme we will NOT share any information with your employer, including the fact that you have had an appointment, unless you have consented. If however the referral is for the purpose of an Occupational Health Assessment then we will provide a report to them based on your consultations and user record.
If you have been referred by an Employee Health Programme, Occupational Health Business, Health Insurer or a similar third party we will provide them with access to your user record and provide reports on your consultations.
We transfer information to our IT service provider who process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with this policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We keep your information for only as long as we need to in accordance with our legal and regulatory requirements. We retain your clinical record by reference to the IGA Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care guidance for managing health records https://digital.nhs.uk/information-governance-alliance and to support our legal obligations to be accountable for your care.
When the retention period detailed in the guidance expires we will delete all record of your relationship with us from our servers where it is securely stored.
These retention periods apply to how long your mental health professional (or mental health professionals if you have had more than one) can access your information through the Dr Julian platform as well.
Occasionally, we may need to retain your information for longer, for example, if there is an unresolved complaint.
This section sets out the legal grounds for using your information:
Information about your health and wellbeing
Information which is not about your health and wellbeing (such as your name and contact details)
Data Protection Legislation gives you a number of rights regarding your information. Your rights are as follows:
If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns about this policy, or about our use of your information, please contact us at info@dr-julian.com.
This Privacy Notice is to explain how we look after your personal information.
Please email us at info@dr-julian.com if:
If you consider that we have not acted properly when using your personal information you can contact us at DPO@dr-julian.com. You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk.
Introduction
Our website, WebApp and iOS/Android Apps use cookies. By using our website, Web App and iOS/Android Apps you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
What are cookies
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How we use cookies
When you use and access Dr Julian, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes, to enable certain functions of Dr Julian, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioural advertising.
We use both session and persistent cookies on Dr Julian and we use different types of cookies to run Dr Julian.
We may use essential cookies to authenticate users of Dr Julian and prevent fraudulent use of users accounts.
Third party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third parties cookies to report usage statistics of Dr Julian. Some of our suppliers and service providers use cookies that help us track how useful they have been in getting a customer to our website. For example we use Google Ad-Words which uses cookies to tell us what users click a paid advert from the Google search engine, what they used the site for, and what they did there.
If you click through to other third party websites, which we do not control, you will need to read their privacy and cookies policies to understand how they use cookies on their website.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish.
You can delete all cookies that are already stored on your computer and you can set most modern browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionality may not work.
If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Changes to these policies
We may modify this privacy notice and cookie policy periodically. Please look at the effective date below this policy to see when it was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the modified policy.
Dr Julian Medical Group Limited
The 1921 Building East Malling Business Centre, New Road, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ
Effective Date 06/07/2020
The Dr Julian Platform and Dr Julian web-site (collectively Dr Julian) may only be used for lawful purposes. In using Dr Julian you agree to abide with all applicable laws in your use of Dr Julian.
DR JULIAN AND ITS SERVICES ARE NOT FOR EMERGENCIES. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY OR IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE OR FEEL THAT YOU ARE A DANGER TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS YOU MUST STOP USING DR JULIAN IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK MORE APPROPRIATE HELP.
YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP YOU ON OUR WEB SITE UNDER “ARE YOU IN A CRISIS” WHICH CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE “MORE” TAB
DR JULIAN IS FOR USE OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 ONLY
In addition you agree, without limitation, you will not do any of the following whilst using Dr Julian;
Use of the internet/email is not secure and you should not use the internet/email for transmitting payment card details, medical information or other confidential information to Dr Julian. We will contact you via email to confirm and cancel appointments and for other reasons.
All emails between Dr Julian and Users and vice versa will become part of your Account.
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. Any changes that we make will become a part of our Terms and Conditions with you when they are posted on our web-site. Your continued use of Dr Julian will constitute your agreement to the changes we have made.
Effective Date 25/05/2018
Dr Julian Medical Group Ltd is committed to protecting and respecting your personal data and privacy.
Our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy which can be found on our web site (here) and via our Web App and Apps details how we process your personal information, the basis for doing so and who has access to your personal and medical data together with information on your rights regarding the information we hold about you.
We place great importance on the security of personal information, applying physical, technical and procedural measures against unauthorised access, loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under Our control.
We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data breach where we are legally required to do so. We have clear policies for our staff on how to identify and respond to any breach and a separate Data Security Policy. We have insurance cover in relation to any breach.
We do not transfer any of your personal information to countries which do not have adequate data protection standards with the exception being transfers to our employees who meet the requirements of GDPR. The European Commission makes the decisions on the adequacy of the protection of personal data in third countries and have decided that personal data can flow safely between countries in the European Union, the European Economic Area (EEA), and 12 other territories without any further safeguards being necessary. (https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en).
Your data is securely stored by AWS (Amazon Web Servers) in the UK and is encrypted end to end between yourself and AWS when data is transmitted. We also utilise a “Secure Socket Layer” (SSL Certificate) using RSA encryption.
We retain your clinical record by reference to the IGA Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care guidance for managing health records https://digital.nhs.uk/information-governance-alliance and to support our legal obligations to be accountable for your care. When the retention period detailed in the guidance expires we will delete all record of your relationship with us from our servers where it is securely stored.
Dr Julian does NOT share or sell any information with/to third parties. Details of who does have access to your information in relation to your treatment and management of our relationship is fully detailed in our Privacy Policy above.
On occasion we may use fully anonymised information for research purposes. It will NOT be possible to identify you from this information. If you would prefer that we did not use your anonymised information then please email us at info@dr-julian.com to that effect.
We store certain cookies from your use of Dr Julian for various reasons and a full explanation of our use of cookies can be found within our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy.
The policy also explains how to control/delete cookies.
Dr Julian takes care to ensure that only the right people have access to your personal data.
We have procedures in place to safeguard your privacy and anyone within Dr Julian receiving or having access to information about you will be under a legal duty to keep it confidential.
All access to the Dr Julian platform is controlled by passwords personally selected by our therapists and staff. No Generic passwords are used. These passwords can be changed at any time by our staff/therapists and at regular intervals there will be a forced change of passwords. Your access to your information is also controlled by a personally selected password which you can change at any time if you are concerned it has been compromised.
You will only receive one “notification” from us and that is when your therapist calls you to begin your appointment. If you wish you can ensure that notifications do not appear on your device when using one of the mobile apps by following these guides:
iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph7c3d96bab/ios
Android: https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079661?hl=en-GB
If you disable notifications you will need to be logged in to the Dr Julian platform or mobile applications in order to be able to join your appointment when your therapist calls you. The Dr Julian platform will only display a notification if you are logged in to the Dr Julian platform using a laptop or desktop computer and have it open on your screen.
This website and the associated web applications are run by the Dr Julian Medical Group. We want as many people as possible to be able to use the website and web applications.
We are always working to make our website and web applications as accessible and usable as possible and our development team use the W3C, WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 principles in developing our website and web applications.
For example, that means you should be able to:
We have also tried to make the website and web applications text easy to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our website and web applications.
If you find any problems or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact the website team: info@dr-julian.com
Dr Julian Medical Group condemns all forms of Modern Slavery and acknowledges our responsibility under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We are committed to acting ethically, with integrity and transparency. We operate a zero-tolerance approach to any form of Modern Slavery and our Modern Slavery Policy and Procedure sets out the measures we will take to safeguard against Modern Slavery taking place within our business or supply chains.
Our full Modern Slavery Policy is publicly available to interested external parties upon request.
Dr-Julian recognises it has a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements.
We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations, for example, in the areas of energy use and travel. Continually improving our environmental performance is an integral part of our business strategy and operating models.
As a fully distributed organisation, we’ve already lowered our environmental impact.
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced before the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured.
Baseline Year: April 2023 – April 2024 (first assessment) 32.59 (tCO2e)
Our first baseline calculations were taken for the 12-month period April 2023-April 2024.
Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) are not applicable being a primarily remote business.
Scope 3 (business operations) is applicable.
Considerations included within our baseline calculations include, but were not restricted to:
Considerations not included within our baseline calculations include, but were not restricted to:
Dr Julian Medical Group Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 1 January 2026.
In order to progress to achieving Net Zero by our target date, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets:
Year 1 – reduction to 25 (tCO2e)
Year 2 – achieve NetZero
The following environmental management measures and projects have been or will be implemented following our initial baseline assessment in 2024:
Our published Carbon Reduction Policy and Plan are available to interested external parties upon request.
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