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This website is maintained and managed by the Healthcare Commission for your personal use and viewing. Your access to and use of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these terms and conditions, which take effect from the date on which you first use the site.

Permitted uses

You are permitted to download documents and reports for personal use, in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation.

This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Please see our Copyright page for further details

Links to external websites

The Healthcare Commission is not responsible for the content of any external websites that are linked to from this site. Listing and linking should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind and we accept no liability in respect of the content of such sites. We cannot guarantee that links will work all of the time and have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

We reserve the right to refuse to install a link to any external website. Although we will endeavour to maintain our links to other websites, we cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the availability or reliability of linked pages.

Disclaimer

This website and material relating to the Healthcare Commission, information, products and services (or to third-party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, or reliability of the materials.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the Healthcare Commission website.