Terms and Conditions

Hello and welcome to ZAVA! We want you to get the very best from our service, so thank you for taking the time to read our terms and conditions.

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To see how we can help you to manage your health, and to find out our commitment to you as a ZAVA patient, please go to our Website at: https://www.zavamed.com. Throughout this document, we will refer to this as our “Website”, written with a capital “W”.

Please read these Terms of Service carefully before placing any orders with us as they form part of our contract with you: they explain the agreement between yourself and ZAVA when you use and order from our Website. Please don’t use our service until you are completely happy with them. And if you have any questions or comments, we’re always happy to hear from you. You can find our contact details at the end of this page.

So, first things first, let’s introduce ourselves.

1. Terms of Service

Who we are

We are called Health Bridge Limited, but we trade under the name ZAVA ("we"/"us").

We call ourselves online doctors, also known as healthcare providers. This means we have a team of in-house doctors, in-house and partner pharmacies, a dedicated team of professionals who work hard to deliver an outstanding service. You can read our story, meet our co-founders, and find out more about ZAVA here.

Now we’ve met, let’s get on to the legal side of things, Health Bridge Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 07392646. Our registered office and main trading address is 46 Essex Rd, London N1 8LN.

We are registered with and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England. This body makes sure that healthcare providers, such as ZAVA, offer a safe service. We passed our most recent inspection on the 21th April 2023 and we are proud to say that the CQC found our service to be "safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led”. You can read the report published 21st April 2023 here.

As a healthcare service, we have to comply with all sorts of healthcare-related regulations, including but not limited to the Health and Social Care Act 2008. We are also required to comply with any relevant guidance from the General Pharmaceutical Council, and the Medicine and Healthcare Regulation Agency (MHRA). Our doctors are all registered with and regulated by the General Medical Council (GMC),. Our pharmacies, dispensing medicines are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); under registration number 9011147 and our partner pharmacy is registered under registration number 9011784.

The service we provide

ZAVA is a discreet and convenient way to get the medical treatment you need, wherever and whenever you need it. No judgments. And no need to see a doctor in person.

We base our medical consultations on your answers to our online questionnaires, all of which are written by our experienced doctors. If necessary, we also base our consultations on telephone conversations, secure messaging (in your dedicated account) and photo assessments (depending on the condition you need our help with). Our doctors will prescribe a treatment based on their assessment. Once they are confident the treatment you’ve requested is safe for you, it will be shipped to your door, or to your chosen Post Office.

We take patient safety seriously. To use our services, you’ll need to be:

  • 18 years old or over
  • 16 years old or over, restricted to acne, emergency contraception (morning after pills), contraception, and period delay services only
  • Legally capable of entering into binding contracts
  • Living in the United Kingdom (if you live outside of the UK, we have a number of other websites you can use. Check them out here)

ZAVA is NOT to be used in an EMERGENCY situation.

If you believe that you or the person you are assisting is in an urgent situation or an emergency you should dial 999 or seek alternative emergency medical services.

How our service works

Registration:

When you first visit our Website, you can either register before using our services or after you’ve made your selection. Whatever service you’re looking for, you’ll always be asked to fill in a questionnaire assessment.

Consultation by questionnaire:

Why a questionnaire? It’s the same as going to your GP’s practice for a consultation, our doctors need to know about your condition, the medication you’re taking, your allergies and anything else that will help them to assess whether the treatment you’ve selected is safe for you. They can also help you to choose an appropriate treatment, if you’re unsure.

Our questionnaires are all built by our doctors in line with best medical practice, and they’re tailored to specific services, such as: the contraceptive pill, erectile dysfunction etc.

Your consultation:

Our services fall into two types: (i) one-step journeys; or (ii) two-step journeys.

  • One-step journeys:
  1. You complete a health questionnaire
  2. Agree to our Terms and Conditions
  3. Select your preferred treatment and click order
  4. Register on our Website, or log in, if you’ve already registered
  5. Choose a delivery method
  6. Pay for your consultation, course of treatment (e.g., test kit) and delivery costs, if any.
  7. Submit your order

We will send you an email and/or an SMS to confirm that you have registered (if applicable) and that your questionnaire is being carefully reviewed by our doctors. Our doctors may require further information from you. We will require your response to any further information requested before 4pm on the weekday requested, for your order to be dispatched on time that day, pending the doctor's approval.

A doctor will be in touch to:

  1. confirm your preferred treatment is suitable
  2. ask you for further information through your account
  3. reject your order if it isn’t suitable for you.

Once you’ve submitted your questionnaire, our doctors will aim to get back to you within 24 hours on weekdays. If any additional information is required from you, we will need your response before 4pm on the day requested for your order to be dispatched on time the same day, pending doctors approval.

Please note that our doctors will use the information provided in the most recent consultation, and any other previous information on record to form a clinical view and provide safe advice. The ultimate decision to prescribe sits with our doctors.

  • Two-step journeys:

Bear with us, this one takes a little longer. Our two-step journey is for times when our doctors need you to send in pictures or other information, in order for them to decide whether they can (a) treat you remotely and (b) suggest a medication, if suitable.

The first step:

  1. Complete an initial questionnaire
  2. Share pictures, if asked
  3. Agree to the Terms and Conditions.
  4. Register on our Website, or log in, if you’ve already registered

We will send you an email and/or an SMS to confirm you’ve successfully registered (if applicable) and to let you know once your questionnaire and attachments are being reviewed by our doctors.

Our doctors will notify you by email or SMS once they’ve decided whether remote medical treatment is suitable for you. If so, they will offer you a treatment.

Now for Step 2 of your journey. To purchase the treatment you will need to:

  1. Log on to your account
  2. Complete a short additional questionnaire
  3. Agree to our Terms and Conditions
  4. Choose a delivery method
  5. Pay for your consultation, course of treatment (e.g., test kit) and delivery costs, if any.
  6. Submit your order.

Our doctors will review the short questionnaire, and if they confirm your suitability based on this last questionnaire, they will prescribe your treatment.

Delivery

If our doctors feel the treatment(s) you’ve requested is suitable, our pharmacy will dispense it and send to you using your preferred method of delivery using our chosen delivery partner. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with our Delivery, Cancellation and Returns policy.

During the consultation process we will let you know when we aim to deliver the medicine to you.

We strive to deliver your medication promptly; however, we shall not be responsible for any delays in the delivery of medications caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control. These circumstances include, but are not limited to acts of God, war, governmental actions, pandemic, labour disputes, stock shortage, newly launched treatments, supply issues and delivery provider delays.

In case of stock unavailability or supply issues that result in a delay or inability to deliver the necessary medication on time, or at all, and these conditions are outside of our control, we will not be held responsible for any consequential, indirect, or incidental damages resulting from such delay.

In the event of stock unavailability, supplier failures or other unforeseen circumstances causing delay, we reserve the right to seek alternative means of delivering your medication, which may include sourcing from alternative suppliers where possible.

We will make reasonable efforts to notify you promptly in case of any delay due to stock unavailability or other unforeseen circumstances. We will provide an estimated timeframe for resolution.

We will use all reasonable efforts to minimise the impact of any delay due to stock unavailability, working diligently to fulfil your orders promptly once stock is available or the impediment is resolved.

In the event of significant stock unavailability or substantial delays in distribution of stock to us by the distributors, which significantly impacts our ability to fulfil our obligations under this contract, you may have the right to terminate this contract and seek a refund under certain conditions. Please refer to our cancellation policy for more details.

Generic medication & Parallel Imports

Generic medication is where it is named and prescribed as per the active ingredient/s. When a generic medication is prescribed, the supplied product may look different to the manufacturer displayed in our website images and in some cases the branded version of the medication may be dispensed. This is to ensure timely fulfilment of the prescription request. We are unable to guarantee a specific brand of medication when ordering through our generic medication services. Where there is no alternative, we may also provide parallel import stock. Parallel import medical products are medications that are licensed and authorised in European Economic Area (EEA) Member States that can be marketed and provided in the UK. The product packaging might be slightly different and may have a foreign language on the package, but all of the required information for you to use the product will be included in English. Again, this is always to ensure timely fulfilment of the prescription request.

Pricing

The cost of your consultation, diagnosis, and medical prescription will be given to you before your consultation, so you know exactly how much you’ll need to pay. Delivery charges will be shown separately.

Despite our best efforts, it is possible that some prices may be incorrect from time to time. If the pricing error is obvious or could reasonably have been recognised as a mispricing, we will not be obliged to fulfil your order at the incorrect price even if we have already provided you with any form of order acknowledgment or acceptance.

Payment

In order to proceed to payment, please provide valid credit or debit card details, or log in to your PayPal account. You must be authorised to use these details and to authorise us, PayPal, or our payment service provider, to take payment in full for the items you’ve ordered, including any associated fees due to us under these terms and conditions, including delivery fees.

PayPal's minimum payment, limits and other term and conditions apply to any payment done via PayPal.

If your payment details have expired or are invalid in any way, we will try to contact you. If you are unable to give us the updated information, we reserve the right not to deliver your medicines to you.

Promotional offers and Discount Codes

Time to time we may make promotional offers and provide discount codes. The offers and discount codes may be restricted to use by certain customers and or on specific services. We reserve the right to cancel, modify or restrict these offers at any time for any reason and without notice to you.

The promotional offers and discount codes are for you and may not be shared, sold, or exchanged. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to decline orders or cancel orders placed with unauthorised promotional offers and discount codes obtained from unauthorised internet postings.

Binding contract

When you submit an order to us, either for a specific treatment or to receive a test kit, you will receive an email confirming that we’ve received your order. Your order will be binding once you receive the email informing you that your order has been approved. This is when our doctor will issue the prescription and your treatment or test kit will be sent. Cancellation requests after this point of time might not be possible (please read our section below).

For photo assessment or the two-step journey (as described in the section How our service works above), the service begins once you receive the email indicating that we’ve received your order as our doctors will start to render the requested service.

We reserve the right to reject any order for reasons including but not limited to: non-availability of the medicine and test, inability to authorise your payment, or due to substantial delays from the suppliers.

Cancellation and returns

Cancellation of:

  • Orders of prescription goods or medicines:

The consultation process begins once you’ve entered your payment details and pressed submit. If our doctors decide your preferred treatment is suitable, they will issue a prescription and we’ll send you an email of acceptance of your order. In line with the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, cancellation is not possible for the supply of a medicinal products (Part 3, Section 27). Prescriptions are valid for up to 6 months unless otherwise recalled by the doctor. Some testosterone medication prescriptions are legally valid for a maximum of 28 days.

  • Orders of non-prescription goods or medicines, such as test kits:

For unused, sealed and undamaged postal testing kits and non-prescription goods, you can change your mind and cancel your order within fourteen calendar days of delivery (when the parcel is in your possession or in the possession of the person identified by you for the delivery). This is outlined in the 2013 Regulations mentioned above. We will also refund you if the kit is faulty. All test kits will not be valid after 6 months from the date of ordering. Our sperm test kits have different validity dates, please see the specific information page . Any samples sent post this period will not be eligible for testing nor a refund. This is due to the expiry dates of some test kits components which may affect the integrity of your sample and your results.

Please note that we will charge an administration fee of £10. The refund will then be made minus this fee.

If the test is damaged, incomplete, open or unsealed, we will not be able to offer you a refund.

Please note that if you sent your test to the laboratory, dropped it at one of our drop-in points, the cancellation right will not apply.

In order to cancel your order, you will need to either call Patient Care or send a message from your patient account. The cancellation, if possible as per the terms above, will be effective from the receipt of your email or the call made to our Patient Care.

  • Orders requiring additional services, such as photo-based pre-assessments

You have the right to cancel up to fourteen (14) calendar days after you’ve submitted your order. However, we will ask you to pay for any services provided up to the point of cancellation, e.g., if our doctors have started to assess your condition by looking at the photos you provided.

  • Telephone consultation

You cancel up to the point of the time of your appointment.

Returns:

For security and sanitary reasons, we cannot reissue any returns for items that have been used or are unpackaged. We are also unable to accept returns for medicines.

You will need to cover the cost of returning testing kits or other items, unless you can prove that the item was damaged or faulty when you received it.

Refunds

If you validly cancel your order (as per the section Cancellation & Returns above) for orders of non-prescription goods or medicines, we’ll make our best to process refunds within three (3) working days. The funds may take up to five (5) working days to appear on your bank or card statement.

Note that we may also contact you to say that we do not accept your order for the following reasons:

  1. the medicines or goods are unavailable;
  2. we cannot authorise your payment;
  3. you are not allowed to use our services from us;
  4. you have ordered too many medicines; or
  5. there has been a mistake on the pricing.

Written communication

We’ll usually get in touch via email or through your account, although we sometimes post notices on our Website. For contractual purposes, please make sure you understand and agree to receive electronic communication from ZAVA, and that you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other electronic communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that requires such communications to be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Your commitment to us

ZAVA is an online service, which means most of the time we will be communicating with you electronically or by phone. We care about you and your health, so please be completely truthful and honest with us to enable our doctors to provide you with our service in line with the best medical practice and for your safety. Please note abusive and threatening behaviour towards our staff will not be tolerated. In such circumstances, we reserve the right to refuse our services.

It’s your responsibility to ensure that:

  • You answer the medical assessment truthfully and to the best of your knowledge. If you don’t understand something in the questionnaire, please contact us and we’ll give you any information you need. Please don’t try to fill in the questionnaire until you’re completely clear on what each question means. If you don’t understand a question, are unsure how you should answer certain questions, or you do not fully understand the advice or information given to you on our site, you can speak to your regular healthcare provider.
  • The questionnaire should be completed by you, for you, unless you have permission to fill it in on someone’s behalf, in which case we need their express consent. Please note that for test kits, we will only give the results to the account holder who ordered the kit.
  • You do not register more than once with ZAVA and be sure to give us your correct name, address, date of birth, email and telephone number.
  • You pass on information to your regular healthcare provider. Any advice on our Website does not replace that of your regular healthcare provider.
  • You should always tell your regular healthcare provider about any treatment and medication we supply. Please note that you can download a letter for your GP in your account, or we can inform him/her for you if you ask us to do so.

For your security:

  • Always read all product packaging and labels carefully before use.
  • If you purchase medicine in advance, please always check the date on the box to make sure it’s not out of date.
  • Your course of treatment is based on your consultation and answers to our questionnaire. Please ensure that your medicines are stored securely and only you have access to them.
  • We cannot guarantee long medication shelf life. We strongly recommend that if you are ordering medications far in advance or wish to have longer dated medication you must inform us of this need before your treatment is approved.

We cannot accept liability for any damages which result from:

(i) your failure to provide (and continuously maintain) complete, truthful and accurate information in your patient record, as well as in answering our medical questionnaires and any other information you give us;

(ii) your failure to follow advice given on our Website, or to pass on relevant information to your regular healthcare provider.

(iii) Effectiveness or any side effects from medication. For the avoidance of doubt, medicine may not be 100% effective due to a variety of factors. Known or unknown side effects can occur with any medication or treatment. Always read the patient information leaflet. Our clinical staff make every effort to ensure you are provided with advice and treatment within current national guidelines or updated information as applicable. You are not entitled to a refund or replacement in circumstances set out in this section.

Off-label use of licensed medication

All medications we offer are fully licensed within the UK. Some medications we prescribe for conditions, or circumstances, that are outside of the license, also known as ‘off-label’.

Prescribing ‘off-label’ is common practice by healthcare professionals to ensure a medication can safely benefit as many patients as possible. We only offer these medications when we're confident that we've reviewed literature and guidelines. Our prescribing is always based on updated information and evidence since the product first became available.

Your account

When you register on our Website, you create a secure online account, which contains the following:

  • A dashboard that lets you read messages from our doctors, check your order status and re-order treatments (re-ordering is dependent on answering a short questionnaire from our doctors).
  • Messages from ZAVA
  • Treatment recommendations
  • Your order history
  • Links to our services, Terms and Conditions, our Privacy and Cookies notices and Website terms.
  • A help section, with links to our FAQ’s

Your details: this is where you can change your personal information and update your email preferences (please check our Privacy Notice for more information). If you want to suspend your account and discontinue using our services, you can also do it in the section 'your details'. Upon your request, your account will be permanently deactivated with immediate effect, which means that you will not be able to, send and receive messages, and seek treatment on our platform. We keep your electronic patient records (including your personal information, communication, and treatments) in line with the national guidelines (until 10 years after the patient has died, or after he/she has left the EU), so although your record will be suspended, it won’t be permanently deleted.

Your account privacy and security

Please treat your user identification code, password and any other secure piece of information as confidential. You should never disclose any secure information to a third party.

Choosing a secure password is very important. Please make sure yours is:

  • at least 8 characters long
  • a mix of letters, numbers, symbols and capital letters
  • avoid common passwords, such as “administrative”, “password”; your name and date of birth etc;
  • create a unique password that isn’t used on any other websites

If you fail to comply with our Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to disable your user identification code or password. If you believe that your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately so that we can help.

You are responsible for any use of our Website through your account, and for ensuring that any such use complies with these terms.

Privacy policy and data protection

We care about your privacy. You‘ll find everything you need to know about keeping your information secure, including data protection, in our Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, the Services we provide to you. We reserve the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

Our terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation, including non-contractual disputes or claims, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Entire agreement

These terms and conditions, our privacy and cookie notices, Website use policy and any document expressly referred to in this agreement constitutes the whole agreement between you and ZAVA. This supersedes all previous discussions, correspondence, negotiations, previous arrangement, understanding or agreement between us relating to the use of our Website and the services made available on it.

Variations

We may change our terms and conditions at any time by amending this page. Please read these terms and conditions every time you use our services so that you’re aware of any changes we have made as these are the terms applying when using our Website and when ordering from us.

In the event of any conflict between provisions contained in these Terms and any provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Website, the latter shall prevail.

2. COVID-19 travel test and recovery certificate services additional terms

These additional terms

1.1 To enable us (Health Bridge Limited trading as ″ZAVA″) to offer our COVID-19 travel test and recovery certificate services (as described on our website) to you at a reasonable cost, whilst doing our best to ensure that you receive your test results and recovery certificate quickly, we have set out the following additional terms and conditions. These additional terms and conditions enable us to offer this service to you at the price listed on our website.

PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO, AND ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7 BELOW (‘Our Responsibility for Loss or Damage Suffered By You’) PRIOR TO ORDERING.

1.2 This is in part due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic which has in turn lead to: (i) constantly changing regulations and guidance across different jurisdictions; (ii) a scarcity of supplies and raw materials required for COVID-19 testing and related services; (iii) members of our staff (and our partner’s staff) being required to self-isolate at home in certain circumstances; (iv) us being unable to secure more beneficial terms from our partners regarding liability for service failures; and (v) other pandemic related issues and restrictions which are likely to arise.

1.3 These additional terms and conditions, along with our general terms and conditions (available here) and privacy policy (available here), govern the agreement between yourself and ZAVA when you order, and we supply our COVID-19 travel test and recovery certificate services to you. Words and expressions used in these terms and conditions shall have the same meaning given to them in our general terms and conditions unless expressly stated otherwise.

1.4 If there is a conflict between our general terms and conditions and these terms, then the provisions of these terms will apply, in place of the general terms and conditions, for any matters relating to the COVID-19 travel test and recovery certificate services.

1.5 Please read the terms below which apply specifically to the COVID-19 travel test and recovery certificate services and our general terms and conditions carefully before you submit your order to us. If there is anything you do not agree to or understand, please contact us via our website.

1.6 References in these terms to working day means Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in the United Kingdom.

Self-Sample Collection

2.1 Where you have chosen self-sample collection, we will aim to dispatch your self-sample collection kit by the same working day for orders placed before 4pm, for all orders placed after 4pm, these will be dispatched the following working day. Please note that dispatch and delivery times are not guaranteed. Your self-sample collection kit delivery will be fulfilled by by Royal Mail or another third party courier service and we shall not be responsible for any failures of, or delays caused by, such third party or which relate to the delivery instructions you have provided.

2.2 You must carefully follow the instructions for use provided with your self-sample collection kit when collecting your sample. ZAVA shall not be responsible for any delays or other issues (including invalidation of results) arising as a result of your failure to follow the instructions for use provided with your self-sample collection kit.

2.3 When a testing kit needs to be sent to our laboratory: Your self sample collection kit will not include any personal identifiable data to protect your identity when being transferred to our partner testing laboratory for analysis. For more information about the processing of your personal data, read our Privacy Notice.

Postal return (not applicable to Antigen Lateral Flow Test)

3.1 For self-sample collection kits that are returned via post, you must use Royal Mail priority postal boxes. You are responsible for checking the location and latest collection times which can be found on the Royal Mail website here.

3.2 We shall not be responsible for any failures of, or delays caused by Royal Mail or any third party courier service in delivering your self-sample collection kit to our partner laboratory.

Laboratory testing services (not applicable to Antigen Lateral Flow Test)

4.1 The testing services are provided by Southwest Pathology Services (part of the Synlab Group) our partner testing laboratory and testing services means the testing of the sample you provide, using the self-sample collection kit, for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acids, using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) based test or equivalent clinically-validated test based on nucleic acid amplification technology.

4.2 Southwest Pathology Services has verified sensitivity of 99.04% and specificity of 100%. This means that in a group of 1,000 people with SARS-CoV-2 virus, about ten of them will be given a negative result meaning that the test did not detect the presence of the virus but 990 will accurately be told they're positive and the virus was present at the time the test was taken. Out of 1,000 people who don't have the infection, all of them will correctly be given a negative result with this test. We shall not be responsible for missed flights or any other losses incurred in the event of a false positive, false negative or inconclusive test result.

4.3 For tests returned via one of our drop-off locations, our partner testing laboratory will aim to complete the testing services within 36 hours from drop-off of the self-sample collection kit at our drop-off location (drop-off made before 16:00 Monday to Saturday). For tests returned by post, our partner testing laboratory will aim to complete the testing services within 48 hours of posting back the self-sample collection kit at a Royal Mail priority post box.

We shall not be responsible for any delay in the testing services caused by our partner laboratory.

Results

5.1 For kits sent to our partner testing laboratory, we will provide you with the results of your COVID-19 travel test as soon as reasonably possible following completion of the testing services by our partner testing laboratory. This should be within 36 hours of you delivering your sample to our partner location provided that the sample is received before 16:00 Monday to Saturday (excluding bank holidays) or, for tests returned by post, our partner testing laboratory will aim to complete the testing services within 48 hours of posting back the self-sample collection kit.

5.2 For Antigen Lateral Flow Tests, you will be required to take a minimum of two photos of the completed test to share the results in your account (for you and for your dependents if any). It is your responsibility to ensure that the photo is of a sufficient quality and inclusive of the required test reference to enable our team to see the results. All photos of completed tests MUST be taken within 30 minutes of completing the test otherwise the results may be invalid. As per the instructions, you must add the test booking reference on each test. Once your photos have been uploaded, our doctors will send you a message in your account with the results. If you are sending results for a dependent, an individual email will be sent for each test. Please make sure that your dependents are aware that you will be sharing their data with us and that the results will be shared in your own account.

5.3 We will provide you with the results of your Antigen Lateral Flow Tests as soon as reasonably possible following receipt of your photo. This should be within 24 hours of receiving your photo ( during working hours)

5.4 The timescale outlined in 5.1 and 5.3 for providing you with the result of your COVID-19 travel test is not guaranteed and ZAVA does not accept any liability for any losses or costs you may suffer or incur as a result of a delayed test result, an inconclusive test result, a false positive/negative result or tests/results being damaged or lost.

5.5 If you intend to use the results as a way of satisfying the requirements of any airline or any entry/exit requirements of a country for a negative SARS-CoV-2 test result prior to travelling, due to changing rules and regulations, you are solely responsible for assessing the suitability of the testing services and the result of your COVID-19 travel test in satisfying any such requirements. Note that for the Antigen Lateral Flow Tests, no certificate will be provided, the results are solely provided in the message in your account.

5.6 The law requires us to report details of any positive, negative, indeterminate and void COVID-19 test to Public Health England (PHE), please see the privacy notice for more details.

5.7 It is your responsibility to ensure that all information and any personal details you provide to us are accurate and up-to-date.

Recovery Certificates

6.1 The issuance of recovery certificates requires a named and dated proof of a positive PCR COVID test result. This result must be older than 11 days and not be older than 180 days. A person still in Covid isolation is not eligible for the issuance of a certificate. You need to submit the result and your personal information when requesting the certificate. Any delay of this submission of information will lead to a delay of the issuance of the certificate. We reserve the right not to issue a recovery certificate if we do not feel we have legitimate evidence to create one. In such cases you will be refunded in full.

6.2 We will provide you with your certificate of recovery as soon as reasonably possible following your request under transmission of the requested information. This should be within 24 hours of receiving your photo ( during working hours).

6.3 If you have booked the express recovery certificate service, we usually provide the results within 4 hours of receiving your photo if offered between 9am to 3pm. Certificates ordered under submission of all relevant information after 3pm you will get by 11am the next day. The service is unavailable after 3pm Friday and 5pm Sunday.

6.4 The timescale outlined in 6.2 for providing you with your certificate of recovery is not guaranteed and ZAVA does not accept any liability for any losses or costs you may suffer or incur as a result of a delayed certificate or as a result of what the certificate does and does not state.

6.5 If you intend to use the certificate as a way of satisfying the requirements of any airline or any entry/exit requirements of a country prior to travelling, due to changing rules and regulations, you are solely responsible for assessing the suitability of the certificate services in satisfying any such requirements.

Refunds in case of delay of results for Covid Fit to Flight Tests and Day 2 and Day 8 Tests

7.1 If the result of your COVID-19 travel test is delayed by an event or persons outside of ZAVA’s control, we will take reasonable steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this, we will not be liable to you for delays caused by the event or person outside of our control.

7.2 For results received more than 48 hours after drop-off at our partner’s designated location (before 4pm Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays), a refund of 50%; or

7.3 For results received more than 72 hours after drop-off at our partner’s designated location (before 4pm Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays), a refund of 100%.

7.4 We will refund you the price you paid for your COVID-19 travel test including delivery costs, by the method you used for payment. We will make any refund due to you as soon as possible minus an admin fee of £10.

Refunds for Day2/Day 8 tests:

7.5 ZAVA will not refund these tests once dispatched. In most cases, we will be able to dispatch additional kits to you as required. This testing service requires the creation of a personalised service and package in line with government guidelines, which is ineligible for refund. Once your order is confirmed, we may not be able to cancel and refund your order due to our operational processes.

7.6 As per guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care:

“Where a test kit is broken, is not delivered or gives an inconclusive or invalid test result, the provider should offer a replacement kit as soon as possible to the consumer.”

Refunds in case of delay of results for Covid recovery certificates

8.1 If the issuance of a recovery certificate is delayed by an event or persons outside of ZAVA’s control (e.g. delayed transmission of customer information/test results), we will take reasonable steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this, we will not be liable to you for delays caused by the event or person outside of our control.

8.2 For recovery certificates received more than 48 hours after you made a request under transmission of all relevant information as set out in 5.7 (before 4pm Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays), a refund of 50%; or

8.3 For recovery certificates received more than 72 hours after you made a request under transmission of all relevant information as set out in 5.7 (before 4pm Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays), a refund of 100%.

8.4 We will refund you the price you paid for your certificate including by the method you used for payment. We will make any refund due to you as soon as possible minus an admin fee of £10.

8.5 If you have ordered the express certificate service (6.3) under submission of all relevant information and you did not get the certificate within the timeframe mentioned in 6.3, we will refund the express costs of the service (i.e. the £26 over the £99 standard 24h turnaround product).

Our Responsibility for Loss or Damage Suffered By You

9.1 Subject to 9.4 below, our total aggregate liability to you resulting from or arising in connection with the COVID-19 services is limited to the total amount you have paid to us for the services.

9.2 If we fail to comply with these terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of breaking our agreement with you or our failing to use reasonable care and skill, capped up to the amount stated in 9.1 above. 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 you entered into this agreement with ZAVA, both we and you knew it might happen.

9.3 Travel Insurance. If you intend on using the COVID-19 Fit to Fly and/or and recovery certificate service in connection with international travel, in submitting your order and agreeing to these terms, we recommend that you have obtained suitable travel insurance for your trip.

9.4 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: (i) death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; (ii) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (iii) for breach of your legal rights in relation to the services including that they be provided with reasonable skill and care.

9.5 We are not liable for business losses. We only supply the products for domestic and private use. You cannot resell the products to anyone. If you use the products for any commercial, business or re-sale purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

Other Important Terms

10.1 Nobody else has any rights under this agreement. This agreement is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.

10.2 Other people who have received the test. In addition to the above, should we fail to provide the COVID-19 Fit to Fly service in accordance with a contract we have with any other person, we shall have no liability to you for such failure and you waive any rights you may have, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, in this regard.

10.3 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.

3. Website use terms

We want you to get the very best from our service, so thank you for taking the time to read our terms and conditions.

Here’s a few tips from us to help you get the most from our website: https://www.zavamed.com/. Throughout this guide, we will refer to this as “Website”, written with a capital “W”.

Please read our terms and conditions carefully: they explain the agreement between yourself and ZAVA when you use and order from our Website. Please don’t use our service until you are completely happy with them. And if you have any questions or comments, we’re always happy to hear from you. You can find our contact details at the end of this page.

Our website

We often update our Website with new services, useful articles about conditions, to amend or withdraw certain services, and sometimes to simply improve our Website. We won’t notify you when we do this because a) you would feel spammed, and b) you’ll see the changes next time you visit us. You will receive some notifications if you do not opt out from our marketing communications, but rest assured, we keep them to a minimum.

We do everything we can to keep our content fresh and relevant. If you notice something that is outdated, please do let us know. We’ll do our best to update it as soon as possible.

As you know, the Internet doesn’t always behave itself, so if our Website is temporarily unavailable, we’ll do our best to fix it as quickly as possible.

Finally, it’s worth mentioning, that there may be a time when we have to suspend access to our Website, or close it indefinitely. But don’t worry, that’s definitely not the plan. We look forward to helping you to manage your health for a long time.

Linking to our website

We want to give everyone the tools to get the best healthcare so the more people that know about us, the better. If you do want to tell your friends or family about ZAVA, or link to our Website, please follow the guidelines below:

  • We’re proud of our reputation and will take whatever steps are necessary to protect it.
  • Please do not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement by ZAVA, if none exists.
  • If you do want to link to our Website, please only link from your own website and not from a third-party website. We’re also happy for you to talk about us on social media, but please comply with the terms of this Website Use policy.
  • Please make sure you only include a link (not a frame) to the home page of our Website (https://www.zavamed.com/uk). There are strict regulations on promoting medication, so you can only talk about ourselves as online doctors. Please don’t mention specific medications.

If you’re unsure, please ask us before linking to our Website. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice if it doesn’t meet our guidelines.

Links on our website

We sometimes link to other websites and third party materials. These links are there for your information only and we have no control over their content. We can’t guarantee they are factually correct, nor can we accept any responsibility for any damage or loss you may suffer as a result of their use.

Intellectual property rights

Everything that you see on our Website is protected by copyright. ZAVA is either the owner or the licensee of the material published and of all the attached rights (intellectual property rights).

All such rights are reserved, which means use of our Website content is limited:

  • You can print off one copy, and download extracts of any page(s) of our Website for your personal reference only, but not for commercial reasons (for this, you’ll need a license from us or our licensors).
  • Please don’t modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you’ve printed off or downloaded in any way. You are unable to use illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics without using the text that goes with them. Please always reference ZAVA or any other authors of materials on our Website.

If you are unable to meet these guidelines, we will ask you to stop using our Website immediately and to either return or destroy any copies you’ve made of our materials.

Warranties

As explained earlier, the Website may change, be updated or suspended. Therefore, we are unable to give you, and we exclude, all representations and warranties as to the accuracy and completeness of the information published on our Website. Nor can we guarantee that the material is up to data or that every service and product will be available at all times, or indeed that the Website itself will not be discontinued in the future.

For this reason, we can’t be held liable and you will no be entitled to any type of compensation or other payment, if the Website is discontinued, if any content is inaccurate or any of our services are changed.

Our liability

To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude any liability for any loss or damage of any nature, such as any business losses, whether direct, indirect or consequential, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill incurred by any user in connection with our Website, or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our Website and services, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

Nothing in these terms and conditions limits our liability for:

  • death or personal injury arising from our negligence;
  • fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
  • any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

Please, don’t misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or could harm our technology.

You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is hosted, or any server, computer or database connected to it.

This is a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and we’ll have to report you to the relevant authority and disclose your identity. And of course, you’ll no longer be able to use our Website.

We can’t accept responsibility for any damage or loss suffered because of a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your device, programs, data or other proprietary material as a result of using our Website or downloading any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our Website. We reserve the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country to the extent permitted by law.

Our terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Variations

We may change this policy at any time by updating this page. Please read these terms and conditions every time you use our services so that you’re aware of any changes we have made. As mentioned at the start of these terms, this is a binding contract between you and ZAVA.

Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Website.

How to raise a concern or make a complaint

If you have a concern with our service, please get in contact with our Patient Care team. Our Patient Care team will try and resolve the issue without delay. Here is how you can contact us:

  • log into your account to send us a secure message
  • Call us on 02035880292 (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, or Sat 9am-5pm)
  • Email us at: hello@zavamed.com

If our Patient Care team isn't able to resolve your concern, then we can register your concern as a complaint. At ZAVA we take complaints very seriously, and aim to deal with any issues faced by our patients quickly, compassionately, and effectively. For more information please refer to our Complaints page.

Contact

If you have any requests, questions, concerns or feedback, we’re always happy to hear from our patients. You can email us at: hello@zavamed.com or call us on: 0203 588 0292.

One last thing...

Thank you so much for visiting our Website and using our services.

The Terms and Condition of our services and our Privacy and Cookie notices are also part of this agreement. Please take the time to read them, too.

We look forward to helping you to manage your health soon

All the best,

Your ZAVA team.



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