NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube and Instagram) aim to keep you updated on health matters and bring you trusted information and advice.
Please note these are moderated information sites and are not public forums.
These sites are moderated Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm (excluding public holidays). They are monitored periodically out of office hours.
We do not remove comments for being critical of NHS Ayrshire & Arran, as your opinions are important and we can learn from them. However, we may remove comments or posts if they contain vulgar or offensive language, personal attacks of any kind; offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial or religious group; breach privacy; or spread inaccurate or dangerous information.
Further to this, we also reserve the right to delete any comments that:
- are spam or include links to other sites;
- are clearly off topic;
- advocate illegal activity;
- promote particular services, products or political organisations;
- infringe on copyrights or trademarks;
- use personally identifiable medical information (We recommend you do not share any of your medical information on our Social Media pages); or
- contain case-specific and other confidential information.
Where a person has continued to post inappropriate comments, we reserve the right to block that user from posting on our accounts.
Disclaimer
NHS Ayrshire & Arran does not take any responsibility for people making contact with members who are followers of this page. It is up to the individual to control their own privacy settings and who can view their profile. Please note that other than our official posts, any comments expressed on the site do not reflect the opinions and position of NHS Ayrshire & Arran or its offices and employees.