Cookies on the NHSBSA website
What are cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.
We use 2 types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you are happy for us to use.
How we use cookies
We use these essential cookies to make our website work. They include:
- make our website work, for example by keeping it secure
- remember your progress through a form (for example a licence application)
- allow you to return to a previous page in your journey through the service
- store your cookie consent choices
List of cookies that make our website work
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _csrf | Helps protect your session and forms from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This cookie stores a unique token that must match the token submitted with forms or API requests. | 30 minutes |
| nhsuk-cookie-consent | Tracks your journey through the site. | 3 months |
| cts-app.sid | Represents the session ID and stores the data entered throughout a journey. | 30 minutes |
| lang | Used to set default language. | 30 minutes |
| isBrowserCookieEnabled | This cookie can be true or false. If this cookie does not exist the application will show the cookies disabled page. It is used to check if user has cookies enabled. | Session |
Change your cookie settings
Some cookies, like those we needed to measure how you use our website, are not needed for our website to work.
These cookies can help make our website better, but we will only use them if you say it is OK.
NHSBSA website privacy policy
To find out how we collect, store and use information about you or your visit, see the NHSBSA website privacy policy