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These are the terms for the supply for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy services provided by a therapist online through typed or video modality (the Services) through https://my.iesohealth.uk (or such other websites we may make available to you for providing the Services)(the Ieso Platform). The Ieso Platform and the Services are provided by Ieso Digital Health (UK) Limited (Ieso, we, us and our). Your use of the Services offered on the Ieso Platform is subject to these terms and by using the Services you agree to be bound by them.
Please note that our solely digital ieso programme app is governed by a different set of terms, which are available here.
Neither ieso, or our therapists, provide a crisis or emergency service.
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As explained below (See “Introduction”), these terms apply to individuals who have access to the Services through the National Health Service as part of the NHS talking therapies programme in England or, in Scotland, as part of the NHS National Services Scotland offer of internet-enabled Cognitive Behavioural Therapy services.
These terms do not apply to patients receiving the Services as an employee benefit, through private healthcare or as part of a research study.
The Services offered to you on the Ieso Platform are provided under a contract between Ieso and an NHS Service. When we refer to the NHS Service we typically mean an NHS commissioner or provider, such as an NHS Trust, who has entered into a contract with Ieso to provide the Services to their patients. Our contract with the NHS Service lays out many detailed criteria about our responsibilities to you such as, for example, that the Services provided meet National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. (See “Our Responsibilities” below). The Services are provided to you free of charge on the condition that you meet the suitability and eligibility criteria required by the NHS Service.
Our Services are not intended to replace the services offered to you by your GP, and we, and many NHS Services, require or recommend that you keep your GP informed about the Services that you are receiving from us.
Our practice is therefore to notify your GP at assessment and discharge. You will also receive a copy of this correspondence by post.
You can ask us to check if we are able to opt-out of notifying your GP but this is only possible where the NHS Service allows it. Please address any questions regarding opt-outs to info@iesohealth.com and we will be able to advise if this is possible.
In very rare situations in which we have a serious concern about your safety or the welfare of another (child or adult) we will have a legal duty to act, even if you have been able to opt-out of GP notifications. On these occasions we will seek to discuss this directly with you but if necessary we may need to disclose information to your GP or another statutory agency without having done so. If you have any concerns about any of this we would advise you to talk directly to your therapist.
The registration process enables us to collect your details and assess your suitability and eligibility as we do need to check that the Services that ieso provides are suitable for you. Determining your suitability includes a clinical assessment undertaken by the NHS Service or Ieso.
Your eligibility is usually determined by where you live, the General Practitioner (GP) you are registered with, and / or your age. We have sole responsibility to decide not to provide the Services to you and to take as much time as we need to do so.
The registration process also allows us to determine whether your therapy sessions will be delivered by typed message or video modality. This is usually determined by the NHS Service but if we are able to offer a choice we shall endeavour to ask your preference. Once this has been determined, it will apply to all your therapy sessions and it will not be possible to change from one mode of therapy to another without authorisation from your NHS Service.
Upon registration for an account with us, you will be asked to create a password. You must keep your password confidential at all times. You are the only authorised user of your account and, accordingly, you must not disclose your password to anyone else. You should contact us immediately upon discovering any unauthorised use of your account or error in the operation of your password (see “Contacting Us”).
During registration and throughout treatment, you will be providing us with sensitive personal information. We take the responsibility for keeping this information secure and confidential very seriously.
The handling and use of your personal information submitted us is governed by our Privacy Notices.
We recognise the particular sensitivity of our Ieso Platform holding treatment session transcripts and we only ever share the minimum information necessary to provide the best treatment, care and protection to yourself and others.
Our Privacy Notices give a clear and detailed explanation about what information we collect; how we collect it; when we might share it and to whom; how we store and keep your information secure; your access, rights and choices; cookies on our Ieso Platform; how to ask us questions; and specific information for young people using the service.
As mentioned in the Introduction, our authority to offer the Services to you is based on our contract with an NHS Service. If your NHS Service intends to transfer all or part of its NHS talking therapies programme to a new provider (“Service Transfer”), we will be under a legal obligation to share certain personal information with the new provider to assist the NHS Service and any new provider with continuity of provision for you. We will comply with our legal obligations when sharing such personal information. Further details are provided in our Privacy Notices. By using the Services, you give ieso permission to share your confidential information to the extent reasonably required for a Service Transfer. You may, however, opt out of a Service Transfer by email to info@iesohealth.com.
The first step we take is to assess your suitability and eligibility for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and if that is not the most appropriate option for you then we will contact you and discuss any other alternatives that may be available. Those options may include advising you to self-refer to other providers offered by the NHS Service or to your GP.
If you are suitable and eligible for the Services, we will help arrange therapy sessions with an appropriately qualified therapist. In these terms where we use the term “therapist” we mean a psychological professional, who is qualified and trained to practice in the UK and usually that will mean a psychological wellbeing practitioner or high intensity therapist.
The sessions will take place on mutually convenient dates and times. Please be aware that we can also only provide the Services in the English language.
During your therapy session you will be in live communication with your therapist using one of two modalities through either the exchange of typed messages with your therapist (“typed modality”) or through a video-enabled conversation with your therapist (“video modality”).
The modality that will be used is determined during the registration process (See “Registration for the Services”).
During therapy sessions that use “typed modality”, the Ieso Platform provides you with functionality to use your device to exchange “live” typed messages via the Ieso Platform with your therapist.
During therapy sessions that use “video modality”, the Ieso Platform provides you with functionality to communicate with your therapist through the camera and microphone on your device.
After your sessions, the Ieso Platform provides further functionality that allows you to conduct exercises, complete questionnaires and review the texts and other content you have been provided with by your therapist to enable you to reflect and practice.
Your rights to use the Services and any content are provided to you on a non-exclusive basis and you agree not to share, loan, transfer, or otherwise give access to the Ieso Platform or the Services to anyone else.
The content provided by the Ieso Platform, or through the use of the Services, is the intellectual property of ieso and may only be used by you as required for you to receive treatment under the NHS talking therapies programme. All other rights in the content are reserved to ieso.
If you are suitable and eligible to receive the Services, the duration of the Services is determined by our clinical assessment.
After your sessions have been completed you will still be able to access your online account to review the content you have been provided with by your therapist. If your sessions took place by “typed modality”, you will be able to access the messages you exchanged with your therapist. If your sessions took place by “video modality” you will, be able to access an audio recording of your session. This can help you remember coping strategies, techniques or processes that you learnt in therapy. If you were to experience a setback between sessions or after you have completed treatment, you may find it useful to refer to your therapy transcripts, audio recordings and messages.
Following commencement of treatment, we may at our sole discretion withdraw the Services from you. In such cases, we will usually refer you back to the NHS Service or your GP as appropriate and as agreed in our contract with the NHS Service. Usually this will only be in cases where there has been a change in suitability or eligibility for the Services, a repeated failure to attend appointments or for a breach of Your Responsibilities. In such cases, we will discuss with you any other alternatives that may be available.
You may also withdraw from the Services at any time for any reason but we ask that you contact us to let us know (see “Contacting Us”).
Whilst you are receiving Services, you agree with us that you will always:
At the date these terms were published on the Ieso Platform, the compatible web-browsers are the latest versions of:
Ieso are responsible for providing the Ieso Platform and delivering the Services in accordance with our contract with the NHS Service, clinical best practice and applicable laws and regulations.
Our responsibilities include:
Ieso Digital Health (UK) Limited is a limited company, registered in England. Our registered company number is 10291122, and our registered office is at: The Jeffreys Building, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS.
Our VAT registration number is 247 9689 39.
We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office with Registration Number ZA239229.
As it is our policy continually to review and update our Services, we reserve the right to make changes to the Services, and/or to these terms from time to time.
These terms and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the subject matter of any Contract. We are required by law to advise you that Contracts may be concluded in the English language only and that no public filing requirements apply.
These terms shall be governed by English law, except that if you live in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland there may be certain mandatory applicable laws of your country which apply for your benefit and protection in addition to or instead of certain provisions of English law.
Please submit any questions you have about these terms or any complaint or concern in relation to any Service by email to info@iesohealth.com, by freephone to 0800 0745560 (during normal UK office hours) for general enquiries, technical or administrative support or write to us at Ieso Digital Health (UK) Limited, The Jeffreys Building, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS.