Privacy
Your data
If you participate in the study, we will need to use information from you and your medical records. This information will include your NHS number, name and contact details. People will use this information to do the research or to check your records to make sure that the research is being done properly. People who do not need to know who you are will not be able to see your name or contact details. Your data will have a code number instead.
We will keep all information about you safe and secure, and will follow current and future rules (such as the General Data Protection Regulations, also known as GDPR).
If some of your information is sent to approved researchers overseas, they must follow our rules about keeping your information safe.
Once we have finished the study, we will keep some of the data so we can check the results. We will write our reports in a way that no one can work out that you took part in the study.
Your choices
You can stop being part of the study at any time, without giving a reason. If you wish to withdraw from the study, please contact us to sign a withdrawal form to confirm your wishes regarding the use of the samples and data collected to date, and about further contact.
We need to manage your records in specific ways for the research to be reliable. This means that we won’t be able to let you see or change the data we hold about you.
If you agree to take part in EXCEED, we will invite you to take part in future studies, depending on your health status or your DNA. Details of these studies will be sent out when the study is ready to recruit participants. You do not have to take part – this will be your choice, if and when contacted.
Cookies
Cookies are small text pieces transferred to your browser when you visit a website or web application. We only use cookies when strictly necessary.
We will not use any cookie if you are only viewing this website for information.
We will use cookies once you have signed up or logged in, to ensure that you have correct access to secured pages and to provide you validation information when filling forms. The cookies used are listed below.
| Cookie Name | What this is for? |
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| sessionid | Keeps you logged in. |
| csrftoken | Prevents the server from being attacked by untrusted domains. |
| messages | Provides you validation information when filling forms. |
Find out more
If you are interested in taking part, you will be able to read more about the study in our information sheet before you sign up. You can also contact us with any questions by sending an email to exceed@leicester.ac.uk or by ringing us on 0116 252 5997.
More information is also available from the NHS Health Research Authority at
